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The International Tennis Federation on June 8 announced it will ban Russian star Maria Sharapova for two years after she failed a drugs test. She insisted she will appeal the decision which could effectively end her career. Sharapova, 29, tested positive for the controversial banned medication meldonium during January’s Australian Open. Sharapova blasted the ban as “unfairly harsh” in a statement on her Facebook fan page. “While the tribunal concluded correctly that I did not intentionally violate the anti-doping rules, I cannot accept an unfairly harsh two-year suspension,” she said.
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