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Frankfurt Follows Bayern with Early Exit from German Cup in 3-0 Loss at Leipzig

Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp cannot stop a third goal by Leipzig during a German Cup soccer match between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Leipzig, Germany. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp cannot stop a third goal by Leipzig during a German Cup soccer match between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Leipzig, Germany. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
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Frankfurt Follows Bayern with Early Exit from German Cup in 3-0 Loss at Leipzig

Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp cannot stop a third goal by Leipzig during a German Cup soccer match between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Leipzig, Germany. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp cannot stop a third goal by Leipzig during a German Cup soccer match between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Leipzig, Germany. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)

The top two teams in the Bundesliga are out of the German Cup after Eintracht Frankfurt followed Bayern Munich with an early exit on Wednesday.
Frankfurt lost 3-0 at Leipzig, which ended a run of six winless matches — having lost five of those. Bayern lost its third-round match 1-0 at home to defending champion Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
Benjamin Sesko fired Leipzig in front with a delightful goal in the 32nd work after good play from Antonio Nusa.
Loïs Openda netted twice in the second half and both goals were also set up by Nusa.
Augsburg scraped through to the quarterfinals by beating second-division Karlsruher 5-4 on penalties after the match had ended 2-2.
Augsburg was on the verge of being eliminated before Rubén Vargas leveled in stoppage time of extra time.
Marvin Wanitzek had missed an early penalty for Karlsruher but converted the opening one of the shootout as well as scoring in extra time.
All the players converted theirs before Karlsruher midfielder Robin Heußer saw his saved by Finn Dahmen and Maximilian Bauer scored to send Augsburg to the next round.
Wolfsburg cruised into the quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over Bundesliga struggler Hoffenheim.
It was tighter in the all second-division match where Cologne needed a penalty in the final minute of extra time for a 2-1 win over Hertha Berlin, which had played most of the match in 10 men after defender Deyovaisio Zeefuik was sent off in the 25th minute for violent conduct — having headbutted Timo Hübers and shoved Tim Lemperle.
Hertha was 1-0 up at that point but Cologne leveled five minutes later.
The 10-man visitors held out resolutely but Cologne denied them a penalty shootout by scoring one of its own, with Dejan Ljubičić converting after teammate Florian Kainz had been brought down by Gustav Christensen.

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US Open Doubles Champion Max Purcell Suspended for Anti-doping Breach

FILE - Max Purcell returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during a second round match of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
FILE - Max Purcell returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during a second round match of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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US Open Doubles Champion Max Purcell Suspended for Anti-doping Breach

FILE - Max Purcell returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during a second round match of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
FILE - Max Purcell returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during a second round match of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Two-time Grand Slam winning doubles player Max Purcell has entered a voluntary provisional suspension under tennis’ anti-doping rules.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced the sanction in a statement on Monday after the 26-year-old Australian admitted to violating Article 2.2 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program “relating to the use of a Prohibited Method”.
Purcell posted a statement on Instagram saying he had “unknowingly received an IV infusion of vitamins above the allowable limit of 100 ml.”
Purcell said he had told the medical clinic that the infusion needed to be below 100 ml because he was a professional athlete, but that the medical records he received back showed that the IV had been above that level, The Associated Press said.
“This news was devastating to me because I pride myself on being an athlete who always makes sure that everything is WADA safe,” Purcell wrote. “I volunteered this information to the ITIA and have been as transparent as possible in trying to put this whole situation behind me.”
The ITIA said the suspension came into effect on 12 Dec., and time served under provisional suspension will be credited against any future sanction. The length of time of the voluntary suspension was not specified by the ITIA.
“During the provisional suspension, Purcell is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association," the ITIA statement read.
Purcell, with compatriot Jordan Thompson, won the U.S. Open in September and won Wimbledon with another Australian, Matthew Ebden, in 2022. He is currently ranked No. 12 in doubles.
He also finished as a runner-up in the Australian Open doubles final twice, in 2020 and 2022.
Purcell, ranked No. 105 in singles, was not listed on the Australian Open entry lists released earlier this month and did not receive a wildcard or feature on the qualifying entries.
The ITIA did not say whether Purcell's absence from the draw of the tournament starting Jan. 12. was due to the sanction.
The latest doping violation in tennis comes just weeks after five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine.
Top-ranked men's player Jannik Sinner, winner of two Grand Slams this year, was exonerated by the ITIA after twice testing positive for a trace amount of an anabolic steroid in March with the World Anti-Doping Agency appealing the ruling.