Spanish Tennis Suing French Broadcaster Over Nadal Sketch

The Spanish tennis federation RFET plans to sue French TV provider Canal+ "over a sketch which appeared to imply" that Rafael Nadal "and his fellow Spanish athletes are drug cheats." The sketch from the show "Les Guignols" shows a "life-size likeness of Nadal filling up his car's gas tank from his own bladder before being pulled over by traffic police for speeding." The text, "Spanish athletes. They do not win by chance," appears on the screen surrounded by the logo of RFET and "several other Spanish federations" (REUTERS, 2/8).