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07 Mar 16
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Wasnt expecting that to be her announcement.
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Thought she was retiring
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Me too.
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Snorting the baseline?
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Wondered why she never used to sweat...
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MARVELLOUS STUFF DRUGGY!
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Just discussed on Newnight ......seems probable that all players taking it were doing so for performance enhancing reasons
not for the supposed medical reasons... which would make her a drug cheat if true. |
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(Girly Voice) "Can I have a second chance" (Giggle....Puke)
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Take back all her Titles !
and all the sponsorship money she made ! |
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kick her out
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in thread before russians appear saying it's all western lies.
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Maria Sharapova loses $70m Nike endorsement deal and TAG Heuer contract after the tennis star admits having taken performance enhancing drug for TEN YEARS
Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova tested positive for Meldonium after competing in Australian Open Meldonium was a medicine the Russian ace took for 10 years but it became a prohibited substance on January 1 Received letter on December 22 from WADA informing her of changes and she admits she didn't look at the list Added because WADA said there 'evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance' Sharapova said she was taking the medicine for 'health issues' including a family history of diabetes International Tennis Federation confirms she will be provisionally suspended from the sport from March 12 Hours later, she lost her most lucrative deal when Nike announced it has suspended their relationship On Tuesday morning Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer said its deal with Sharapova will not be renewed. However, Russia's tennis chief says he expects Sharapova to play at the 2016 Olympics in August |
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Jokerfish wont be so stupid .
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I am very concerned that so many of our world class sports-people suffer, in silence, from medical conditions which necessitate the long-time consumption of medication that is borderline performance enhancing.
One has to feel sorry for the poor mites who are braving what must be such debilitating ailments in order to perform for our enjoyment... Just as well their personal physicians have the essential (currently not illegal) pharmaceuticals at hand to keep them fit. Shame Sharapova's somehow crossed the line over to the blacklist  |
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If these sponsorship companies are so concerned with the moral high ground they should start drug testing their own athletes
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Surely you have to make an exception for the best looking tennis player out there. She probably doubles the viewing figures for woman's tennis.
Realistically she had been taking this medication for years prescribed by her family doctor. Was only banned in January this year. Hardly worth stringing her up for. Yes she made an error and didn't check/read e mail informing her. A 6 month ban and fine seems suffice. All those wanting to string her up is a bit of an over reaction. Taking titles of her for taking a drug prescribed by a doctor and not in the banned list is just plain stupidity. |
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Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drug test for meldonium at January's Australian Open.
Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at the substance involved. :: Meldonium is also known as Mildronate, the name by which Sharapova knew the drug having taken it since 2006. :: It is commonly used to treat angina, other heart problems and diabetes. Sharapova referred to a family history of diabetes during her announcement. :: Meldonium was only added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list from the start of 2016. However, it had been on the organisation's monitoring programme throughout 2015. :: A WADA spokesman wrote on Twitter on Monday that: "Meldonium was added to Prohibited List because of evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance." Studies have indicated the drug can increase an individual's capacity for physical exertion. :: The drug is manufactured by Latvian company Grindeks and widely exported to Sharapova's homeland of Russia and several neighbouring countries. However, it is not approved for use in the United States, where the tennis player has her base. :: Sharapova was the second Russian sportswoman to announce a positive test for meldonium on Monday. Figure skater Ekaterina Bobrova confirmed to Russian agency R-Sport that she had tested positive at January's European Championships, and was ruled out of the World Championships as a result. |
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Was she a victor because of meldonium...I don't believe it.
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a 2015 study revealed that 724 of 4,316 Russian athletes tested were found to have meldonium in their system.
Poor sods... chronic heart failure must be at epidemic levels amongst elite Russian sportsfolk. Forget Zika, the WHO should be in there sorting this health problem out.  Sauce.:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/35754677 |
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Taking titles of her for taking a drug prescribed by a doctor and not in the banned list is just plain stupidity.
I wouldn't have thought they could take her titles off her for taking something which was legal when she won the titles. |
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Can't see how they could take away any of her titles won when the medication in question was NOT a banned substance.
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exactly EO and Alun, but some on here are saying that should be the case, which I said is plain stupidity.
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To be fair she might well lose more in the way of product endorsement contracts for this "oversight" than the entire annual budget of WADA.
Maybe she should of funded a better personal performance enhancing drug supplier who might have spent some time ensuring that what she was loading up with hadn't yet been banned. |
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I don't think Maria will be looking for the local food bank anytime soon...
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Just another skanky drug taker now !
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Family Doctor
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She's a decent enough looking tart, imo.
Won't miss her on court screeches tho. |
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Not attractive.....too robotic.
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Quite fit tho, Leops? I would.
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Maria Sharapova has spent the past decade-plus cultivating her brand.
She was a winner on and off the court. She was smart, attractive, personable and a dominant athlete. Her goal was to build the candy company she started, Sugarpova, into a lifestyle brand, which lived long after her playing days were done. Sharapova, her sponsors and her team at IMG built a compelling narrative that helped Sharapova earn $285 million during her career and cement her as the world’s highest-paid female athlete for 11 years running. |
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^ I'd maybe need a few first tho - right enough, that accent is a turn off.
Five pint level with the Stella goggles? |
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... mind you, Stella have fropped their APV fro m5.2 several years ago to 5% & now 4.8%. That why I don't drink that pish anymore.
I'll put her on a 5 pint Kronenbourg level ---- they still brew good table lager. |
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She looks like she has no imagination......has played too much tennis.....that drug she has been on for 10 years will have a side effect if she comes off it....the blood will go more slowly to the muscles than a none user and will take years to get back to normal.
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I like Sharapova, rather plain looking and boring. Clearly been beating the rules by using a drug that was described for other uses other than her pretend family issue.
I think most teenagers tried some sort of pig steroids in their time and knew it was wrong. |
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I'm only saying I'd give her one, ffs. I wouldn't want her to bear my children!
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The LEopard would ride her tomorrow if the bbc promoted a story of her and being an immigrant from the biggest threat to world security, or he would at least let her touch him and not tell a soul if it avoided wwIII.
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She just comes across as unpleasant....wouldn't go near her.
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Is you a lezza, Leps?
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she a drug babe
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