CSKA Midfielder Banned For Testing Positive For Cocaine In Champions League Match

Finnish footballer Roman Eremenko was on Friday banned for two years after testing positive for cocaine.

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The CSKA Moscow midfielder was tested after scoring the equalising goal in CSKA’s 2-2 draw with Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen in a Champions League match on 14 September.

European football governing body UEFA decided the 29-year-old’s ban will last till 6 October, 2018.

The analysis of the A sample revealed the presence of cocaine and its metabolites — a stimulant that is classified under the category of prohibited substances in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2016 Prohibited List under class S6 — being prohibited in-competition,” a UEFA statement said.

The player was found guilty of being in breach of the UEFA Anti-Doping Regulations, Edition 2016. As a result, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body decided to impose a two-year ban on Roman Eremenko, starting from 6 October 2016 date of the provisional suspension.”

Eremenko has been given three days to appeal the decision.