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Guardiola Returns to Man City After Recovering from Back Operation 

21 February 2023, Saxony, Leipzig: Manchester coach Pep Guardiola speaks at the press conference. (dpa)
21 February 2023, Saxony, Leipzig: Manchester coach Pep Guardiola speaks at the press conference. (dpa)
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Guardiola Returns to Man City After Recovering from Back Operation 

21 February 2023, Saxony, Leipzig: Manchester coach Pep Guardiola speaks at the press conference. (dpa)
21 February 2023, Saxony, Leipzig: Manchester coach Pep Guardiola speaks at the press conference. (dpa)

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has returned to the club after recovering from his recent back operation.

Guardiola is resuming his duties after three weeks away, with City confirming his return on Wednesday.

Assistant coach Juanma Lillo has been in charge since the 52-year-old Guardiola traveled to Spain for the procedure.

In Guardiola’s absence, City beat Sheffield United and Fulham to maintain the 100% start to its Premier League title defense. City’s squad is beginning to gather following the international break.

City returns to Premier League action Saturday at West Ham before its defense of the Champions League begins at home against Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday.

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Sinner Gets April Date at Sports Court for Appeal Hearing in Doping Case

Jannik Sinner of Team Italy is pictured after beating Alex de Minaur of Team Australia during their semi-final singles match between Italy and Australia at the Davis Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga, southern Spain, on November 23, 2024. (AFP)
Jannik Sinner of Team Italy is pictured after beating Alex de Minaur of Team Australia during their semi-final singles match between Italy and Australia at the Davis Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga, southern Spain, on November 23, 2024. (AFP)
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Sinner Gets April Date at Sports Court for Appeal Hearing in Doping Case

Jannik Sinner of Team Italy is pictured after beating Alex de Minaur of Team Australia during their semi-final singles match between Italy and Australia at the Davis Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga, southern Spain, on November 23, 2024. (AFP)
Jannik Sinner of Team Italy is pictured after beating Alex de Minaur of Team Australia during their semi-final singles match between Italy and Australia at the Davis Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga, southern Spain, on November 23, 2024. (AFP)

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday it scheduled a closed-doors hearing on April 16-17 at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

CAS gave no timetable for a verdict, though the parties could request a fast-track decision before the French Open starts May 25.

WADA is challenging a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency not to suspend Sinner for what it judged was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March. Sinner's explanation — that trace amounts of Clostebol in his doping sample was due to a massage from a trainer who used the substance after cutting his own finger — was accepted.

Sinner won the US Open in September after details of his case were revealed. It had been kept confidential since April because Sinner successfully appealed against being provisionally banned from playing.

The 23-year-old Italian has faced skepticism from other players, including Novak Djokovic, who have suggested he got preferential treatment from tennis authorities.

The repeated questioning about the case has followed Sinner to Melbourne this week where he is preparing to defend his Australian Open title.

WADA has asked CAS to ban Sinner for between one and two years.