MADRID (AP) -- The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal.
In the video skit on the satirical program called The Puppets, a life-size cartoon figure of Nadal is shown urinating into a gas tank before racing off and being pulled over by police for speeding.
A message of "Spanish athletes. They don't win by chance" flashes across the screen, surrounded by the logos of the tennis federation and cycling and soccer federations.
The video on Canal Plus France came hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a two-year ban against Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador for doping.
"This time they have gone way too far," tennis federation president Jose Luis Escanuela said in the statement. "We at the tennis federation cannot tolerate the slander and damage to the prestige of our athletes."
Nadal has won six French Open titles since 2005.
The tennis federation said it will provide details of the lawsuit on Saturday during the Davis Cup match between Spain and Kazakhstan.
The federation said it will demand that Canal Plus France withdraw the video, abstain from using the logo and request compensation for its improper use.
It plans to seek the support of other federations in the suit.
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