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PARISPOVAGATE By Richard Evans thumbnail

PARISPOVAGATE By Richard Evans

The Olympics & Sharapova by Richard Evans
SHARAPOVA BAN REDUCED BY RICHARD EVANS thumbnail

SHARAPOVA BAN REDUCED BY RICHARD EVANS

“I have learned from this and I hope the ITF has as well.” That statement from Maria Sharapova should draw a line under the two year ban for use of Meldonium after the January 1st 2016 deadline handed to her by the International Tennis Federation in conjunction with WADA and eventually reduced to 15 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
SHARAPOVA ON OFFENSIVE BY RICHARD EVANS thumbnail

SHARAPOVA ON OFFENSIVE BY RICHARD EVANS

My colleague Chris Bowers, a British politician as well as a TRN broadcaster and author, has been writing a blog about L’Affaire Sharapova, as the French would call it, and thinks Maria would be well advised to play a gentler game in her reaction to the decision of CAS to reduce her doping sentence to 15 months from two years.
MARIA SHARAPOVA’S SUSPENSION REDUCED FROM TWO YEARS TO 15 MONTHS BY COURT ARBITRATION FOR SPORT thumbnail

MARIA SHARAPOVA’S SUSPENSION REDUCED FROM TWO YEARS TO 15 MONTHS BY COURT ARBITRATION FOR SPORT

The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on Tuesday morning that Maria Sharapova's suspension has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months.
TENNIS STAR MARIA SHARAPOVA WILL RETURN TO PLAYING IN APRIL 2017, HER APPEAL WAS GRANTED thumbnail

TENNIS STAR MARIA SHARAPOVA WILL RETURN TO PLAYING IN APRIL 2017, HER APPEAL WAS GRANTED

An appeal panel appointed under the Code of Sports-related Arbitration of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) has reduced the sanction imposed on Maria Sharapova by an Independent Tribunal on 8 June 2016 from 24 months to 15 months.
REEDIE’S MARIA SHARAPOVA COMMENTS A DISGRACE BY RICHARD EVANS thumbnail

REEDIE’S MARIA SHARAPOVA COMMENTS A DISGRACE BY RICHARD EVANS

Ever since Maria Sharapova admitted that she had tested positive at the Australian Open, I thought I could hear the sound of back slapping amongst members of the WADA committee.
REEDIE’S SHARAPOVA COMMENTS A DISGRACE BY RICHARD EVANS thumbnail

REEDIE’S SHARAPOVA COMMENTS A DISGRACE BY RICHARD EVANS

Ever since Maria Sharapova admitted that she had tested positive at the Australian Open, I thought I could hear the sound of back slapping amongst members of the WADA committee.
MARIA SHARAPOVA’S FACEBOOK STATEMENT REGARDING HER TENNIS FUTURE thumbnail

MARIA SHARAPOVA’S FACEBOOK STATEMENT REGARDING HER TENNIS FUTURE

Today with their decision of a two year suspension, the ITF tribunal unanimously concluded that what I did was not intentional. The tribunal found that I did not seek treatment from my doctor for the purpose of obtaining a performance enhancing substance.
WTA (WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION) ISSUES STATEMENT ON ITF RULING FOR MARIA SHARAPOVA DECISION thumbnail

WTA (WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION) ISSUES STATEMENT ON ITF RULING FOR MARIA SHARAPOVA DECISION

“It is important at all times for players to be aware of the rules and to follow them. In this case, Maria has taken responsibility for her mistake from the outset. The WTA supports the process that the ITF and Maria have followed...
BREAKING TENNIS NEWS REGARDING MARIA SHARAPOVA’S BAN/PUNISHMENT thumbnail

BREAKING TENNIS NEWS REGARDING MARIA SHARAPOVA’S BAN/PUNISHMENT

An Independent Tribunal appointed under Article 8.1 of the 2016 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, has found that Maria Sharapova committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the Programme and as a consequence has disqualified the affected results and imposed a period of ineligibility of two years...
JOHN MCENROE STILL BLAMES HIS AGENT 26 YEARS LATER BECAUSE HE DIDN’T READ THE ATP RULEBOOK, HIS CAMP INCLUDED HIS “HIGH POWERED” LAWYER DAD, JOHN GOT BOOTED OUT OF AUSSIE OPEN thumbnail

JOHN MCENROE STILL BLAMES HIS AGENT 26 YEARS LATER BECAUSE HE DIDN’T READ THE ATP RULEBOOK, HIS CAMP INCLUDED HIS “HIGH POWERED” LAWYER DAD, JOHN GOT BOOTED OUT OF AUSSIE OPEN

John McEnroe has always possessed the ability to shock the tennis world and even at the age of 57, he has not lost the knack.
Maria Sharapova Tennis News – New Day, New Start and Thanks Her Fans thumbnail

Maria Sharapova Tennis News – New Day, New Start and Thanks Her Fans

I woke up yesterday morning with an inbox, in full capacity of love and compassion. The first email I immediately opened was from my best friend, you know, the type of person who can make you smile and cry with only one word and who I spent the evening on the phone with, checking up on me, how was I doing?
MARIA SHARAPOVA STATEMENT REGARDING TENNIS ANTI-DOPING PROGRAMME thumbnail

MARIA SHARAPOVA STATEMENT REGARDING TENNIS ANTI-DOPING PROGRAMME

Maria Sharapova in a press conference today, the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP) can confirm the following

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