Simona Halep free to resume career after four-year doping ban cut to nine months

Simona Halep has had her doping ban dramatically reduced (Steven Paston/PA)

Simona Halep is free to resume her career after the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her doping ban from four years to nine months.

The former Wimbledon champion tested positive for the blood-boosting drug Roxadustat at the US Open in 2022 and was handed the long ban last September.