Since mildronate, meldonium, or whatever you want to call it isn't commonly used in the U.S., you probably had to Google it as well. Therefore, as her team asserted, the fault, if any, lay in her team for not reading the latest updated banned substance list. Sharapova, who's also known for her grunting on the tennis court, is not exactly returning to the women's professional tennis tour quietly. The ITF countered wada you mean, how could they know what drugs Sharapova was taking, as Sky News reports. They may need to make clearer some common alternative names for a banned substance (within reason of course, since drugs may have many, many different pet names).

Source: Forbes April 17, 2017 21:19 UTC