La décision du TAS sur Sharapova

CAS 2016/A/4643Maria Sharapova v. International Tennis Federation ARBITRAL AWARD delivered by the COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT sitting in the following composition President: Mr Luigi Fumagalli, Professor and Attorney-at-Law, Milan, Italy Arbitrators: Mr Jeffrey G. Benz, Attorney-at-Law, Los Angeles California, USA and London, United Kingdom Mr David W. Rivkin, Attorney-at-Law, New York, New York, USA between MARIA SHARAPOVA, Florida, USA Represented by Mr John J. Haggerty, Esq., Attorney-at-Law, Fox Rothschild LLP, Warrington Pennsylvania, USA, Mr Howard L. Jacobs, Esq., Attorney-at-Law, Law Offices of Howard L. Jacobs, Westlake Village California, USA, and Mr. Mike Morgan, Attorney-atLaw, London, United Kindgom Appellant and INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION,London, United Kingdom Represented by Mr Jonathan Taylor and Ms Lauren Pagé, Attorneys-at-Law, Bird & Bird LLP, London, United Kingdom Respondent 1. 1.1 1. 2. 1.2 3. 4. 5. BACKGROUND The Parties CAS 2016/A/4643 Sharapova v. ITF±2 Maria Sharapova (the³Player´the or³Appellant´) is a top-level professional tennis player of Russian nationality born on 19 April 1987.The Player has been a resident in the United States of America since 1994, and has competed regularly on the WTA 1 Tour since2001. Sheis one of only ten women to hold the Career Grand Slam, having won four Grand Slam events in a single discipline.