The Russian tennis legend's doping admission evokes memories of the time when Juventus was found to have used legal medicines for bogus conditions to gain a competitive edge.
Maria Sharapova's defense for using the banned drug Meldonium is that she was prescribed it for magnesium deficiencies, a heart murmur and a family history of diabetes. She claims to have taken it on and off for 10 years before it came to be placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited substance list.
Despite being advised of its impending ban in Sept. 2015, Sharapova claims she failed to read the email, the Grand Slam star continued to use it past the Jan.