Australian soccer player Aivi Luik has been banned for three months by Italian anti-doping authorities for a cortisone injection she received two years ago. Luik, who played for Pomigliano at the time, says she did not fail an anti-doping test and denies wrongdoing. The ban stemmed from the rejection of a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) application by Nado Italia, which argued that the injection posed a performance-enhancing risk.