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Maria Sharapova was banned from tennis for 15 months after a positive drugs test in 2016 (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Maria Sharapova announced she had failed a drugs test at the Australian Open on this day in 2016.
The Russian – then 28 – made the shocking revelation at a pre-arranged press conference in Los Angeles, confirming she had been informed of a failed test for meldonium during January’s Australian Open.