Maria Sharapova loses 3 major endorsements in one day after her first bad drug test
 

Maria Sharapova loses 3 major endorsements in one day after her first bad drug test
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Nike, Porsche and Tag Heuer have all severed ties with Maria Sharapova after the tennis star admitted on Monday that she had failed a drug test at this year's Australian Open.

Sharapova, who's estimated to be the world's*highest paid female athlete, said in her an**uncement that she had been taking the drug meldonium since 2006 for personal health reasons and didn't realize that it had been added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned substance list in January.

Meldonium is used to increase blood flow, particularly for heart patients, and is **t approved for use in the United States and most of Europe, though it is prevalent in Eastern Europe.* Read more...


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