Elite athletes warned to avoid one-night stands over risk of failing drug tests

Mark Hovell, a sports lawyer and the independent chair in the Jannik Sinner anti-doping case, raised the issue of the French tennis player Richard Gasquet (pictured), who was cleared after testing positive for cocaine after showing it came from kissing a woman in a nightclub. File photo: AP/Andrew Brownbill

Elite athletes have been warned against having one-night stands because of the risk they could be ­contaminated with banned drugs from engaging in casual sex.

The warning came as top lawyers and anti-doping experts debated ­contamination cases in sport before highlighting the hidden dangers for the Tinder generation.