Sharapova eases past Makarova into Stuttgart quarters STTUTGART: Former world number one Maria Sharapova eased past fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-5 6-1 on Thursday to reach the Stuttgart Grand Prix quarter-finals and continue her winning comeback from a 15-month doping ban. The 30-year-old... 27 Apr, 2017
Sharapova returns to tennis after 15-month doping ban STUTTGART: Maria Sharapova returned to professional tennis on Wednesday after a 15-month doping ban, completing a one-hour training session on an empty center court less than 10 hours before her first competitive match since January 2016. Handed... 26 Apr, 2017
Sharapova should not get French Open wildcard, says rival Radwanska LONDON: Former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova should not be fast-tracked into next month's French Open as she returns from a doping ban, insists Polish rival Agnieszka Radwanska. With double French Open champion Sharapova... 21 Apr, 2017
Under Pulis, West Brom set for best Premier League season LONDON: Back in August, West Bromwich Albion's Tony Pulis was the bookmakers' favorite to be the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season. Pulis had criticized the club's board for what he deemed an unsatisfactory and frustrating... 01 Apr, 2017
Maria Sharapova feels vindicated and empowered after doping ban RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA: Tennis star Maria Sharapova said on Tuesday she is excited about her return to competition next month, feeling vindicated by the reduction of her doping suspension and empowered by her time away. Russia's former world... 29 Mar, 2017
Russia defends record over calls for wide-ranging doping ban MOSCOW: Russia's deputy prime minister, responding to calls for the nation's sports teams to be excluded from all international competitions because of doping, said Wednesday that the country is "among the cleanest in the world." Following a summit... Women 11 Jan, 2017
Sharapova's doping ban cut from 2 years to 15 months LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND: Maria Sharapova's doping ban was reduced from two years to 15 months on Tuesday, meaning the Russian tennis star can come back in April and return to Grand Slam play at the French Open. The Court of Arbitration for Sport... 04 Oct, 2016
CAS to rule on Sharapova doping ban appeal in early October A decision on former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova's appeal against a two-year doping ban will be issued in the first week of next month, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday. Five-times grand slam winner... 13 Sep, 2016
Federer to miss rest of season, including Olympics, US Open NEW YORK: Roger Federer is sitting out the rest of this season, including the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and US Open, to protect his surgically repaired left knee. Federer wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday that he needs "more extensive... 27 Jul, 2016
IOC leaders stop short of complete ban on Russians from Rio LAUSANNE: Rejecting calls by anti-doping officials for a complete ban on Russia, Olympic leaders on Sunday gave individual sports federations the task of deciding which athletes should be cleared to compete in next month's Rio de Janeiro... 25 Jul, 2016
Russian athletes have only 1 percent chance of going to Rio: TASS cites minister MOSCOW: There is just a one percent probability that the International Olympic Committee will allow Russian track-and-field athletes to take part in the Rio Olympics, TASS news agency quoted Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on... 23 Jul, 2016
Russia's Olympic ban will scare drug cheats: Bolt The ban on Russia's track and field athletes from the Rio Games will scare drug cheats and help cleaning up the sport, Jamaica's six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has said. The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday... 22 Jul, 2016
