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  • Worth an estimated $195 million, Sharapova will be unable to nike air max 2016 continue her work as a goodwill ambassador with the U.N. Development Program until the conclusion of the investigation into her admission that nike air max 2016 she tested positive for the?banned substance meldonium?at the Australian Open in January.
    READ: What's next for tennis' golden girl?
    "The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) remains nike air max 2016 grateful to Maria Sharapova for her support of our work, especially around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery," said a UNDP spokesperson.
    "However, in light of Ms. Sharapova's recent announcement, we last week suspended her role as a Goodwill Ambassador and any planned activities while the investigation continues. We wish Ms. Sharapova the best."
    The 28-year-old, who was paid a symbolic $1 salary in her role, nike air max 2016 said at the time that it was one of her?"proudest contracts ever."
    Sharapova has worked with the program which aims to eradicate poverty and inequality for nearly a decade, focusing mainly on helping victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
    She made a $100,000 donation to young survivors caught up in the nike air max 2016 world's worst nuclear accident upon her appointment in 2007.
    Sharapova's family once lived 80 miles north of Chernobyl in the Belorussian city of Gomel and were forced to flee to Siberia because of fears over radiation after the accident.
    READ: Sharapova fights back on 'distorted' reporting
    According?to U.N. guidelines, goodwill ambassadors are "persons of nike air max 2016 integrity" who "possess the personality and dignity required for such high-level representative capacity."
    Sharapova appears to have contravened article 28 of Guidelines for the designation of Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace, which states that the arrangement will be re-examined if the ambassador "engages in any activity incompatible with his/her status or with the purposes and principles of the U.N., or if the termination is in the interest of the organization."
    Inventor: Banning meldonium may kill athletes?03:23
    Ranked as the highest earning female athlete in the world for the 11th year running in?2015 by Forbes, Sharapova's failed drug test admission has led to a number of companies?reassessing their relationship with the Russian.nike air max 2016
    Nike, Tag Heuer and Porsche all suspended their sponsorship deals with Sharapova, though racket manufacturer Head has said?it will extend her contract.
    The five-time grand slam winner?took to FacebookSaturday telling fans she was "determined to fight back."nike air max 2016
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    Sharapova said she had been taking the heart drug since 2006 but dismissed reports she took it every day, saying she followed doctors' instructions and took it in the "low doses recommended."nike air max 2016
    Reports last week had suggested the normal course of treatment for patients on meldonium, sometimes known as mildronate, is four to six weeks.nike air max 2016
    "That headline has been repeated by many reporters who fail to tell their viewers and readers what the rest of the story says," wrote Sharapova on her Facebook page.
    "The story quotes the manufacturer of my medicine as saying: 'Treatment course can be repeated twice or thrice a year. nike air max 2016 Only physicians can follow and evaluate patient's health condition and state whether the patient should use meldonium for a longer period of time.'
    "That's exactly what I did. I didn't take the medicine every day."
    Sharapova failed a drug test on January 26 after losing to Serena Williams in the Australian Open quarterfinals. She was charged with an anti-doping violation on March 2, and was provisionally banned from March 12.nike air max 2016
    The ban could be reduced to two years or less if anti-doping officials find Sharapova did not intentionally take the drug to enhance performance
    Maria Sharapova: Tennis star suspended by United Nations

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