Maria Sharapova: Charting her career

Maria Sharapova announced she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a substance she was taking for health issues. A look at her career

OTHER FALLEN STARS

Ben Johnson (sprinter): On September 24, 1988, he won the 100m gold at Seoul Olympics. His blood & urine samples were found to contain stanozolol and he was disqualified

Diego Maradona (footballer): At the 1994 World Cup, the legend played in only two games before being sent home after failing a drug test for ephedrine doping

Hansie Cronje (cricketer): On April 7, 2000, Delhi Police levelled match- fixing charges against the then South African captain who was later banned from cricket for life

Md Azharuddin (cricketer): Cronje accused him, the then Indian cricket captain, of introducing him to bookies. BCCI banned Azhar for life in 2000, but it was lifted in 2006

Oscar Pistorius (paralympian): On February 14, 2013, he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria and is now facing a minimum of five years in prison

Lance Armstrong (cyclist): After years of public denials against doping allegations, Lance Armstrong admitted doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013