ASSOCIATED PRESS 3/7/16 Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova says she failed a drug test for meldonium at the Australian Open. The drug was only banned in January and there has been a string of failed tests by athletes in several [...]

NEW YORK TIMES BY: CHRIS CLAREY & MIKE TIERNEY 3/7/16 Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion and the world's highest-paid female athlete, announced Monday that she had tested positive for the recently banned drug meldonium at the Australian Open. [...]

USA TODAY BY: A.J. PEREZ 3/7/16 The banned drug that tennis star Maria Sharapova tested positive for has been used by athletes in recent years, a 2015 study found. Mildronate, also known as meldonium, was developed and manufactured in Latvia [...]