The five players that Mexico suspended during the Gold Cup have all been reinstated citing “the absence of guilt.”
FMF Reinstates, Clears Five Mexico Players Previously Suspended For Doping
The FMF has determined that the positive tests were a result of eating contaminated meat and that there was no intent to cheat involved whatsoever. When FIFA and CONCACAF agreed to allow Mexico to replace the five players on their Gold Cup roster they did cite the lack of intent to cheat in their reasoning as well.
“It has always been careful (with suppliers of food), but if you want to accept the word accident (relative to clenbuterol positive), we have a good time here. No blame,” said FMF secretary Decio De Maria.
Read Article >Four More Mexican Players Reportedly Test Positive For Banned Substance
Four more Mexican players have reportedly tested positive from the banned substance clenbuterol, but have not failed doping tests. This follows news that five players were banned for testing positive for the same substance a month ago.
Mexican Football Federation president Justino Compean was quick to point out that the positive tests were for trace amounts. They also refused to release the names:
Read Article >FIFA And CONCACAF Allow Mexico To Replace Five Suspended Players
“There’s a certain level of drug in the bloodstream and FIFA’s decision to agree with WADA [the World Anti-Doping Agency] is that that these players can’t play at this time,” FIFA Secretary Jerome Valcke said at a press conference in Mexico City. “FIFA will authorize, if [the FMF] so wishes, that the five players be replaced because it’s very difficult to see if this was a question of tainted food or if it was intentional.”
FIFA has yet to make a determination as to whether the positive test was intentional or, as the FMF have said, a matter of tainted meat. While that is sorted out, FIFA will not rule on the length of the punishment for the five players beyond the remainder of the Gold Cup.
Read Article >Five Banned Mexico Players Pass Second Doping Test
The players have now requested a second backup “B” test of the initials samples from May 21st that started this controversy. Despite the results of the new test, the five players remain out of the Gold Cup until the results on the new “B” sample test come back. A clean “B” sample likely means immediate reinstatement for the players, awhile another positive will likely force the FMF to continue their investigation.
For more on this developing story and on Mexican football, visit SB Nation’s Mexican football blog FMF State Of Mind.
Read Article >Will Positive Test Nix Guillermo Ochoa’s Rumored Move To PSG?
Six players from the Mexican national team have tested positive for a banned substance and while the matter is still being investigated, they have been removed from the team in the middle of the Gold Cup. That is the immediate result of the ban and it keeps the players out of the tournament, while also threatening the team’s chances to win the Gold Cup, but there is also the long-term effect this could have on the players.
Read Article >Six Mexico Players Banned For Positive Doping Tests
The FMF has said that they believe the positive test was a result of tainted chicken or meat consumed between May 17 and May 20. If true, that would help the players’ case because it would not be a result of intentional doping, but it would not exonerate the six.
The positive test for Osorio will not impact the team because he had already returned to Mexico to receive treatment for an illness, but the other five will all step away from the team while the matter is investigated further and any appeals process plays out. This leaves the team with just 17 players for tonight’s Gold Cup match against Cuba and may leave them short on players for the remainder of the tournament if CONCACAF does not grant them a special exemption to add players to their roster.
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