Montreal - Former world number one Maria Sharapova nike air presto verte solde , making a comeback after a 15-month doping ban, has been awarded a wildcard entry into the Toronto WTA tournament, Tennis Canada announced Tuesday.
The 30-year-old Russian star, a five-time Grand Slam champion, was refused a wildcard spot by French Open organizers but Sharapova has said she will play in Wimbledon qualifying, needing three wins to reach the main draw.
Sharapova will make her first appearance in Canada since 2014 at the Rogers Cup, to be played August 7-13 nike air presto bleu solde , as a hardcourt tuneup for the year's final Grand Slam event, the US Open, which begins on August 28.
"I'm really looking forward to coming back to Canada," Sharapova said. "I have some great memories of playing Toronto in the past and the tournament and the fans have always been so supportive. This is one of the biggest events of the year and I hope to play my best tennis that week."
Sharapova was issued a two-year suspension after testing positive for the banned heart drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced the ban on appeal.
Sharapova, ranked 173rd in the world, made her tour return last month at Stuttgart nike air presto rouge solde , reaching the semifinals.
Her best showing in Canada came in 2009 when she reached the Toronto final.
"Maria is a Grand Slam champion and a fan favourite," said tournament director Karl Hale. "She has served her suspension and we know our guests will be excited to see her play."
Should her ranking rise high enough to reach the main draw in time for the event, the wildcard would be available for another player.
Among Sharapova's most vocal critics was Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, who decried Sharapova as a cheater who should have been banned for life.
South Africa's highest court weighed Monday whether lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma, who faces growing criticism within the ruling ANC.
Several hundred protesters marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg in the latest demonstrations against Zuma, who has been implicated in a series of corruption scandals.
Opposition parties have lobbied for a secret ballot and called for African National Congress (ANC) lawmakers to "vote with their conscience".
The ANC holds a large majority in parliament and Zuma has survived similar votes in the past, which have not been secret.
"ANC members of parliament will have to choose between what is best for themselves and what is best for South Africa nike air presto grise solde ," Mmusi Maimane, leader of the main opposition Democratic Alliance party, told protesters.
"They did not swear (their oath of office) to be faithful to Jacob Zuma, or to the ANC... They promised to be faithful to South Africa."
The case united DA protesters with marchers from the radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, with the court forecast to give its ruling later in the day.
"If parliament fails to remove Zuma, then the people in the 2019 election will make sure that the ANC is voted out," said EFF supporter Daniel Mninele nike air presto noir solde , who traveled from Pretoria to rally outside the court.
The scheduled no-confidence debate has been postponed by parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete, who has said she has no powers to agree to a secret ballot.
President Trump, emboldened by the positive reaction his criticism of the NFL has drawn from his base, continues to drive the wedge between the NFL and a swath of the American public, now suggesting that the owners are complying with the players’ demands for protest out of fear.
Speaking to “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday night for an interview that aired Thursday morning, Trump once again went in on a low-political-risk, high-mileage issue: NFL players’ protests during the national anthem. Trump has seized on the issue ever since an off-the-cuff remark at a campaign rally last Friday night nike air presto blanche solde , and the resulting chaos has seen hundreds of players protesting, NFL owners rebuking Trump, and fans burning their jerseys in protest of the protests.
In the “Fox and Friends” interview, Trump lasered in on the NFL, this time seeking to divide players from owners. “I have so many friends that are owners. And they’re in a box,” he said. “I mean, I’ve spoken to a couple of them. They say nike air presto essential solde , ‘we are in a situation where we have to do something.’ I think they’re afraid of their players, you want to know the truth, and I think it’s disgraceful. And they’ve got to be tough and they’ve got to be smart.”
Trump also claimed that the NFL should be forcing players to stand for the anthem, wondering, “Why aren’t they honoring this country by enforcing a rule that’s been in existence for a long time?”
Only problem with that line: there’s no such rule. As Pro Football Talk notes, the NFL confirmed last year that players aren’t required to stand for the anthem, only indicating that players “should stand at attention nike presto ultra flyknit femme solde , face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking.”
Trump’s contention that the owners are “afraid” of their players is a curious one, to put it politely. Owners of NFL teams are among the wealthiest in sports, with holdings far beyond their sports franchises. They didn’t get to where they are without being “tough” and “smart.” Players, meanwhile, are very much subject to the whims of the teams and the marketplace nike presto ultra flyknit homme solde , their career value only lasting for a short period of time and contingent on their ability to contribute to the team in a specific context, nothing more.
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