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Maria Sharapova meldonium suspension reduced to 15 months
Source: ESPN
Maria Sharapova meldonium suspension reduced to 15 months
5:59 PM EDT
Darren Rovell
ESPN Senior Writer
Maria Sharapova can start playing tennis again in April.
That was the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday after hearing an appeal from Sharapova in September over her two-year doping ban. The court reduced the Russian tennis star's suspension to 15 months after determining that she acted with "no significant fault."
"Tennis is my passion and I have missed it," Sharapova said in a statement. "I am counting the days until I can return to the court."
In a 28-page decision, the independent panel said the suspension imposed by the International Tennis Federation for Sharapova's use of the banned drug meldonium was reduced, in part, because "under no circumstances ... can the player be considered to be an 'intentional' doper."
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5:59 PM EDT
Darren Rovell
ESPN Senior Writer
Maria Sharapova can start playing tennis again in April.
That was the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday after hearing an appeal from Sharapova in September over her two-year doping ban. The court reduced the Russian tennis star's suspension to 15 months after determining that she acted with "no significant fault."
"Tennis is my passion and I have missed it," Sharapova said in a statement. "I am counting the days until I can return to the court."
In a 28-page decision, the independent panel said the suspension imposed by the International Tennis Federation for Sharapova's use of the banned drug meldonium was reduced, in part, because "under no circumstances ... can the player be considered to be an 'intentional' doper."
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Read more: http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/17711028/maria-sharapova-meldonium-suspension-reduced-15-months
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Source: The Guardian
Maria Sharapova claims doping panel was biased at original hearing
• Sharapova speaks out in first interview since Cas ruling
• Former Wimbledon champion’s drug ban reduced to 15 months
Tony Paley
Wednesday 5 October 2016 15.57 BST
Maria Sharapova has suggested the International Tennis Federation was keen to make an example of her.
The ITF’s two-year doping ban, imposed following Sharapova’s positive test for the heart-boosting drug meldonium in January, was reduced to 15 months by the court of arbitration for sport on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old former Wimbledon champion and world No1, in her first interview since the Cas ruling, said: “I got a 24-month suspension but they [ITF] wanted four years for me. I went through the ITF hearing, which was in front of an arbitration panel which was chosen by the ITF.
“I am at a hearing (in London) knowing the people I am speaking to were chosen by the people I am actually in a fight with. They call that neutral? That is not neutral. Cas is neutral and this is what Cas has awarded to me.”
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• Sharapova speaks out in first interview since Cas ruling
• Former Wimbledon champion’s drug ban reduced to 15 months
Tony Paley
Wednesday 5 October 2016 15.57 BST
Maria Sharapova has suggested the International Tennis Federation was keen to make an example of her.
The ITF’s two-year doping ban, imposed following Sharapova’s positive test for the heart-boosting drug meldonium in January, was reduced to 15 months by the court of arbitration for sport on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old former Wimbledon champion and world No1, in her first interview since the Cas ruling, said: “I got a 24-month suspension but they [ITF] wanted four years for me. I went through the ITF hearing, which was in front of an arbitration panel which was chosen by the ITF.
“I am at a hearing (in London) knowing the people I am speaking to were chosen by the people I am actually in a fight with. They call that neutral? That is not neutral. Cas is neutral and this is what Cas has awarded to me.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/05/maria-sharapova-claims-doping-panel-biased-drugs-ban-reduction
