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WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is being moved to a penal colony after unsuccessfully appealing her nine-year prison sentence, and the sporting world is calling on Joe Biden to secure a prisoner swap

WNBA star Brittney Griner, whose appeal against a nine-year sentence was rejected by a Moscow court last month, is being moved to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday.

She is serving a nine-year prison sentence after vape canisters containing hash oil were found in her luggage at a Moscow airport

The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession last month.

Griner has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow and is being sent to a Russian penal colony to begin serving out her nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, her lawyers said.

The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia

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