The Latest Breaking News from Cherelle Griner

Two-time Olympic gold medalist was convicted on 4 August over cannabis oil vape canisters in luggage

The basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The wife of WNBA star and Texas native Brittney Griner released a video thanking President Joe Biden for his administration’s ongoing efforts to secure Griner’s release, seven months after she was arrested in Russia on drug charges.

The difficulties involved in freeing Brittney Griner from her imprisonment in Russia were brought into stark relief this weekend

Basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

President Joe Biden said he would meet with Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader was willing to discuss Griner’s case.

Bill Richardson said he recently travelled to Russia to conduct talks with officials close to Vladimir Putin

“Like, y’all don’t see the need to get me back home? Am I just nothing?” Griner reportedly asked her wife

The two-time Olympic champion’s wife spoke out for the first time since Griner’s sentencing two months ago in an interview with CBS’ Gayle King.

"You could hear that she was not okay," Cherelle said.

WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” as she faces a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession