Ban Reduced For Sharapova

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday reduced former world No.1 tennis player Maria Sharapova's two-year doping ban by nine months.

An arbitration panel "found that Ms Sharapova committed an anti-doping rule violation and that while it was with 'no significant fault', she bore some degree of fault, for which a sanction of fifteen months is appropriate," Switzerland-based CAS said in a statement.

The ban took effect from January 26, 2016.

Five-time grand slam winner Sharapova was banned by the International Tennis Federation in June following a positive test for the banned drug meldonium during January's Australian Open.

via Radio Sport