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| Sharapova faces being banned by tennis authorities after testing positive for meldonium |
A United Nations agency
says it has stopped working with Maria Sharapova pending the tennis star's
doping case.
Associated
Press report continues:
Sharapova
faces being banned by tennis authorities after testing positive for meldonium,
a blood-flow enhancing medication.
The
New York-based United Nations Development Programme says "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."
The
UNDP "remains grateful to Maria Sharapova for her support of our work,
especially around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery."
Since
2007, Sharapova has been an ambassador for the agency which works to combat
poverty and inequality.
Her charitable foundation
worked with the UNDP to fund education scholarships for people from
Chernobyl-affected areas of Belarus.
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