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Maria Sharapova out of Olympics as CAS delays doping decision

Maria Sharapova

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision on the two-year doping ban on Maria Sharapova has been put back two months to September, the court said on Monday, ruling the Russian tennis superstar out of the Rio Olympics.

"Maria Sharapova and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) have agreed to defer the CAS decision until September 2016," said a CAS statement.

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