Drugs ban for Burdekin

LEADING British wheelchair tennis player Jamie Burdekin has been banned for two years after testing positive for cocaine.

Traces of the drug were found in a sample provided by the 25-year-old during the British Open last year.

The player, formerly ranked in the world top 20, contended his drink must have been spiked during a night out in Liverpool around that time.

Burdekin is considering an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in a bid to get his ban lifted.

His suspension will rule him out of competitive play until after August 22 next year.