Maria Sharapova has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS) against the decision issued by the Tribunal appointed by the International Tennis Federation(ITF) on 6 June 2016.
In her appeal to the CAS, Ms Sharapova seeks the annulment of the Tribunal’s decision to sanctionher with a two-year period of ineligibility further to an anti-doping rule violation. Ms Sharapovasubmits that the period of ineligibility should be eliminated, or in the alternative, reduced.
The parties have agreed to an expedited procedure which will allow the CAS to render a decision, atthe latest, on 18 July 2016. The final decision will be announced and published by CAS when it isavailable.
It has not been decided whether or not a hearing would be held in this matter. In any event, at therequest of the parties, this arbitration procedure will be kept confidential and the CAS will notcomment any further on this matter.
For more information, please contact:
Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Katy Hogg, Communications Officer.
Château de Béthusy, Avenuede Beaumont 2,
1012 Lausanne, Switzerland.
media@tas-cas.org;
Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00
fax: (41 21) 613 5001
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