Open book

Maria Sharapova has spoken of her 15-month drugs ban on her return to tennis after testing positive for meldonium. She told Edit magazine it had been a “tough way to learn” how to live life outside tennis. “My 30th birthday was coming up and I said, ‘I just want to celebrate my birthday as a normal human being.’ It’s as if God heard those words and said, ‘Oh, you want a normal 30th birthday? OK, I’ll give you 15 months of normalcy...!’ Sharapova is releasing an autobiography, Unstoppable: My Life So Far.