The verdict in Maria Sharapova’s appeal against a two-year doping ban will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today.
CAS said it would issue the decision at 1300 GMT (9:AM ET).
Five-times grand slam winner Sharapova was banned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in June following a positive test for the banned drug meldonium during January’s Australian Open.
The former world number one from Russia is seeking to have her suspension wiped out or reduced.]
She had called the ITF’s ruling “unfairly harsh” as an independent tribunal had found that she had not intentionally violated anti-doping rules.
Sharapova, 29, admitted taking meldonium during the season’s opening grand slam in Melbourne but said she had been unaware that it had been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Meldonium was added to WADA’s list of banned substances at the start of the year after mounting evidence that it boosted blood flow and enhanced athletic performance.
