Friday, October 9, 2009

[football] Italy Captain Cannavaro Failed Dope Test


Italy captain and Juventus player Fabio Cannavaro failed in a dope test before the team's world cup qualifying match against Ireland. However, Cannavaro is already banned from this match for yellow cards. Though he is likely to play in the next match against Cyprus on 14th.
His club Juventus claims it was due to a cortisone injection used due to a bee sting the player suffered recently. However, the Italian Olympic Council will start an investigation on the case and try to find out whether he had a prescription for the same.
Cannavaro was shown to be taking a performance enhancing drug before the 1999 UEFA Cup final which his club Parma won 3-0. The video was shown in an Italian tv channel in 2005. However, the substance he took was not banned by Italian laws at that time.
Now it remains to be seen whether the club can convince the investigators of their claim or the player has to face some punishment.

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