Maria Sharapova receives 2 year tennis ban

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has been banned from tennis for two years, the International Tennis Federation has announced.

The verdict comes after the former world number one failed a drug test back in January.

Sharapova said was was not aware that a heart disease drug she had been medically prescribed had been on the World Anti-Doping agency's banned list.

Our UK correspondent Martha Holeyman has the latest.

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