The deportation-from-australia/” title=”DIRECT. Djokovic case: the player asks the justice to block his deportation from Australia”>Australian Federal Court on Sunday rejected the final appeal filed by Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic to stay in the country, for which he will eventually be deported.
Federal judges rejected his appeal after the government initially canceled his visa for public health reasons.
The Australian government has argued that the arrival of the 34-year-old tennis player, who is not vaccinated against coronavirus, posed a threat to public health.
Djokovic will now be without defending his Australian Open title in Melbourne.
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