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Arab Military Volleyball Championship Kicks off in Taif

Photo by SPA
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Arab Military Volleyball Championship Kicks off in Taif

Photo by SPA
Photo by SPA

The third Arab Military Volleyball Championship (AMVC) kicked off in Taif, hosted by the Armed Forces at King Fahd Air Base and attended by the commander of the Taif Military Region, Major General Khalid Al-Sheibah.

The director of the championship, Brigadier General Sultan Al-Shahri, welcomed the representatives of the participating countries in his speech at the opening of the AMVC, SPA reported.

He highlighted the generous support that sports received in the Armed Forces, notably from the Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.

He said that the AMVC would last for a week, featuring athletes representing Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, and Algeria.

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Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday.

Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August, and the ITIA accepted her explanation that the result was unintentional and was caused by the contamination of a nonprescription medication, melatonin, that Swiatek was taking for issues with jet lag and sleeping, The AP reported.

It was determined her level of fault was “at the lowest end of the range for no significant fault or negligence,” the IATA said.

Swiatek is a 23-year-old from Poland who was ranked No. 1 most of the past two seasons but is now at No. 2. She won the French Open in June for her fifth major championship and took home a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics in early August.