END OF CAREER? SHARAPOVA LOSING SPONSORSHIP DEALS WORTH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AFTER FAILING DRUG TEST

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Maria Sharapova's sponsors are quickly distancing themselves from the tennis star after after she said she tested positive for the recently banned drug meldonium.

Nike was first to suspend its deal with the Russian athlete. That deal was worth at least $12.5 million a year, her most lucrative contract.