Maria Sharapova will be able to return to competitive tennis next April, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her doping ban from 24 months to 15 months. Sharapova was banned from play after she failed a drug test in January. Tests at the 2016 Australian Open showed she had used meldonium, a banned substance. Meldonium is made in Eastern Europe. It is said to be popular with some athletes from Eastern European countries. The drug is said to increase blood flow. It helps carry oxygen to muscles. Sharapova admitted she had been taking a drug called Mildronate for over 10 years. But she did not know it was the same as meldonium. The World Anti-Doping Agency banned use of meldonium at the beginning of 2016. At first, the International Tennis Federation banned Sharapova from competitive tennis for two years.
Title: Maria Sharapova's Doping Ban Reduced
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1420/sharapova_ban_reduced.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Maria Sharapova's Doping Ban Reduced' data-article-id='1919'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='19875'>Maria Sharapova will be able to return to competitive tennis next April, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her doping ban from 24 months to 15 months.</span> <span data-start-time='19875' data-end-time='27938'>Sharapova was banned from play after she failed a drug test in January.</span> <span data-start-time='27938' data-end-time='38063'>Tests at the 2016 Australian Open showed she had used meldonium, a banned substance.</span> <span data-start-time='38063' data-end-time='42333'>Meldonium is made in Eastern Europe.</span> <span data-start-time='42333' data-end-time='49521'>It is said to be popular with some athletes from Eastern European countries.</span> <span data-start-time='49521' data-end-time='53396'>The drug is said to increase blood flow.</span> <span data-start-time='53396' data-end-time='57792'>It helps carry oxygen to muscles.</span> <span data-start-time='57792' data-end-time='66125'>Sharapova admitted she had been taking a drug called Mildronate for over 10 years.</span> <span data-start-time='66125' data-end-time='71021'>But she did not know it was the same as meldonium.</span> <span data-start-time='71021' data-end-time='79396'>The World Anti-Doping Agency banned use of meldonium at the beginning of 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='79396' data-end-time='89646'>At first, the International Tennis Federation banned Sharapova from competitive tennis for two years.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1420/sharapova_ban_reduced_.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7333 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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