Maria Sharapova Suspended for 2 Years for Doping
Maria Sharapova speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles, on March 7, 2016.
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Paris (AP) -- Maria Sharapova was suspended Wednesday for two years for failing a drug test, labeled "the sole author of her own misfortune" because she hid regular pre-match use of a newly banned substance from anti-doping authorities and members of her own entourage.
The tennis star said she would appeal what she called "an unfairly harsh" punishment to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.