Maria Sharapova

Wednesday, August 05

Sharapova: 'I will rise up again'

Maria Sharapova is vowing to “rise up again,” a day after she was denied a wild-card entry for the French Open – but former Australian champion Pat Cash wants her similarly barred from Wimbledon.

Appeal delay means Sharapova won't go to Rio

A ruling on Maria Sharapova’s appeal against her two-year doping ban has been postponed until September, ruling her definitively out of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open earlier this year - the tournament during which she tested positive. Photo: EPA/LYNN BO BO

Federer backs Sharapova ban

Maria Sharapova is not getting much sympathy from the tennis world after her two-year ban for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open in January.

Sharapova banned for two years

The career of Russian former world No.1 Maria Sharapova was in tatters on Wednesday after she was given a two-year ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) following her positive test for meldonium at this year’s Australian Open.