Maria Sharapova will miss Olympics after appeal postponed until September

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will miss next month's Rio Olympics

Maria Sharapova will miss Olympics after appeal postponed until September

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will miss next month's Rio Olympics after her appeal against an International Tennis Federation drugs ban was postponed until September.

The 29-year-old, who tested positive for meldonium in January, had hoped the Court of Arbitration for Sport could hear her case by July 18, the deadline for teams to be finalised for Rio.

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