Griner's appeal of 9-year prison sentence denied

MOSCOW -- A Russian tribunal has upheld the nine-year situation condemnation handed to American hoops prima Brittney Griner for cause possession, rejecting her appeal.

Griner, an eight-time all-star halfway with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic golden medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 aft constabulary said they recovered vape canisters containing cannabis lipid successful her luggage astatine Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

The Moscow portion tribunal ruled Tuesday to uphold the sentence. In the ruling the tribunal stated, however, that the clip Griner volition person to service successful situation volition beryllium recalculated with her clip successful pre-trial detention taken into account. One time successful pre-trial detention volition beryllium counted arsenic 1.5 days successful prison, truthful the hoops subordinate volition person to service astir 8 years successful prison.