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Six Russian ice hockey players have been disqualified from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for doping, meaning their country has also been removed from official results. Inna Dyubanok, Ekaterina Lebedeva, Ekaterina Pashkevich, Anna Shibanova, Ekaterina Smolentseva and Galina Skiba were all found to have committed doping violations by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following re-analysis of…
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Former world number one Maria Sharapova made a triumphant return to Grand Slam competition Monday after a 15-month doping ban, outlasting second-ranked Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the US Open. The 30-year-old Russian, who had only one hardcourt tuneup match due to a nagging forearm injury, swatted 60 winners with 64 unforced errors, setting the…
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NEW YORK — Maria Sharapova was granted a wild-card invitation for the US Open's main draw on Tuesday and will take part in a Grand Slam event for the first time in more than 1? years. Maria Sharapova (RUS) conducts a post game interview after defeating Jennifer Brady (USA) in the Bank of the West Classic…
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Berlin (dpa) - Olympic hurdles champion Brianna Rollins has been give a one-year ban for breaking the whereabouts rule of the anti-doping code, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said late Thursday. The 25-year-old American Rollins was unavailable for random out of competition testing on three occasions inside a 12-month period which results in a mandatory…
