Nike suspends relationship with Maria Sharapova!

[chris watton]

She faces a lengthy ban after having failed her drugs test for the Australian Open this year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/mariashara...

[PositronicRay]

And lost Nike contract.

[wolves_wanderer]

I'd be happy to step in and have a "relationship" with her.

[Soov535]

They made the substance illegal in January. She's been taking it for 10 years legally.

She'll get a fine.

[Digga]

Nice to see Porsche aren't too bothered.

[anonymous-user]

Doping in tennis? Who'd have thought.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycli...

[Soov535]

She's tested positive for being HAWT!

[ewenm]

el stovey said:

Doping in tennis? Who'd have thought.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycli...

Well, everyone with half a brain would have thought it Every professional sport has a doping problem, cycling and athletics are more open about it than most and hence cop a lot of flak from deluded fans of other sports.

None so blind etc...

[Eric Mc]

Digga said:

Nice to see Porsche aren't too bothered.

Well, we know the attitude of the VAG group to cheating the system

[Digga]

ewenm said:

Well, everyone with half a brain would have thought it Every professional sport except darts has a doping problem, cycling and athletics are more open about it than most and hence cop a lot of flak from deluded fans of other sports.

None so blind etc...

FTFY

[ewenm]

Digga said:

ewenm said:

Well, everyone with half a brain would have thought it Every professional sport except darts has a doping problem, cycling and athletics are more open about it than most and hence cop a lot of flak from deluded fans of other sports.

None so blind etc...

FTFY

I said "sport" not "game"

[EricE]

Eric Mc said:

Digga said:

Nice to see Porsche aren't too bothered.

Well, we know the attitude of the VAG group to cheating the system

Read the video description...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRvNc8Akb8

[xjay1337]

Hmm.
Not sure what I think.
How well publicised was the banning of the substance in January?

[chris watton]

xjay1337 said:

Hmm.
Not sure what I think.
How well publicised was the banning of the substance in January?

Not sure, but I would have thought that all professional athletes would have got the memo, at least.

[ewenm]

xjay1337 said:

Hmm.
Not sure what I think.
How well publicised was the banning of the substance in January?

I'm in no way a professional athlete and yet I get the emails from WADA about changes to the banned substance lists (I think because I'm registered with England Athletics).

Keeping abreast of the WADA lists is a basic administration task for any athlete.

[towser44]

chris watton said:

xjay1337 said:

Hmm.
Not sure what I think.
How well publicised was the banning of the substance in January?

Not sure, but I would have thought that all professional athletes would have got the memo, at least.

Thought she admitted that she got the WADA email with a link to the banned substances but never clicked on it?

[Dromedary66]

ewenm said:

Keeping abreast of the WADA lists is a basic administration task for any athlete.

Indeed. When someone earns $40 million a year and that could be lost by taking the wrong substance you'd think it would be in their (and their many coaches/advisers) interest to know the legality of everything (especially known performance enhancers) they take on a daily basis.

[EricE]

towser44 said:

Thought she admitted that she got the WADA email with a link to the banned substances but never clicked on it?

Yep:

https://youtu.be/_u5Jkaho3Qw?t=258

[anonymous-user]

ewenm said:

Keeping abreast of the WADA lists is a basic administration task for any athlete.

Yup, it's like remembering to train or forgetting the olympics were on and missing your race.

[ewenm]

It's to her credit that she's not tried to dodge responsibility or (publicly) blame her support team. Not that she gains any sympathy from me for that, but it's so often "someone else's fault" when sportspeople are caught.