[St Charles Owl]

And interesting take on Sharapova's press conference from the BBC's Tom Fordyce here.

Let's just say he appears rather cynical of her performance.

Interesting article and one that certainly makes me question her more regarding this.  I asked earlier why she was taking medication for 10 years in the hope it was for some ailment or condition she has, but now that we know this drug is designed to help people with chronic heart failure, but also happens to have performance enhancing properties suggests to me that she was taking it for one reason only!!  As for cheating, does the fact that the drug was not on the banned list until this year mean she wasn't gaining an advantage by taking it??  For me I suppose its no different to athletes taking other supplements or vitamins or other dietary things that help them perform as an athlete but are not banned.

Either way, she will be banned and rightly so, there can be no excuses for not opening an email from the administrators who look after drug enforcement nor can she claim to not have realized the name difference when its clearly marked in numerous places, she broke the rules, she takes the ban.