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Tuesday 8 March 2016

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Tennis star Maria Sharapova Manning says emotional goodbye after historic NFL career
speaks during a news
conference in Los Angeles Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, unbuttons his
on Monday, March 7, 2016. jacket as he sits down before a news conference where he
Sharapova says she has announced his retirement from professional football, in En-
failed a drug test at the glewood, Colo., Monday, March 7, 2016. Manning finished a
Australian Open. record-breaking 18 year career by leading the Broncos to
the team’s Super Bowl 50 victory over the Carolina Panthers
Associated Press in Feb. 2016.

Sharapova Associated Press
says she failed Page 20

drug test;
penalty unknown

GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tennis
star Maria Sharapova says
she failed a drug test at the
Australian Open.
The five-time major cham-
pion took full responsibility
for her mistake when she
made the announcement
at a news conference
Monday in Los Angeles.
The former world No. 1
could face a lengthy ban
from the International Ten-
nis Federation.
“I know that with this, I face
consequences,” Sharapo-
va said. “I don’t want to
end my career this way,
and I really hope I will be
given another chance to
play this game.”
The 28-year-old Sharapova
said she tested positive for
meldonium, which she said
she has been taking for 10
years for numerous health
issues. Meldonium, which
is thought to be widely
used by Russian athletes,
became a banned sub-
stance this year under
the WADA code, and
Sharapova claimed she
didn’t notice its addition to
the banned list.

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