Cyclist challenges ban in rare open CAS hearing College baseball

In a rare public hearing at world sport’s highest court, cyclist Andre Cardoso challenged his four-year ban for a positive doping test Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Cardoso’s lawyers took the option at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to air the legal arguments in an appeal in open court for registered media and observers to attend.

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was the first to have an open hearing in November, and a verdict is expected this month.

Cardoso is appealing an International Cycling Union ban after his positive test for the hormone EPO two weeks before the 2017 Tour de France.

Bryce Jarvis pitched the first perfect game in Duke’s 131-year history in the opener of a weekend series against Cornell. It was the 31st perfect game since the NCAA began tracking the statistic in 1957, and the seventh year in a row at least one Division I pitcher has achieved perfection.

Boxing

The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League will be stage Golden Gloves bouts beginning at 5 p.m., Saturday at Monroeville Mall. For information, call or text 412-576-9285.

Soccer

Host Liverpool preserved its unbeaten record in the Premier League by rallying to beat West Ham, 3-2, on second-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. Liverpool tied the league record for consecutive top-flight wins at 18 and successive top-flight home victories at 21.

Elsewhere

Jeanne Evert Dubin, a former world-ranked tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, died at the age of 62 from ovarian cancer in Delray Beach, Fla.