Manchester City have suspended defender Kolo Toure after he failed a drug test.
Toure, 29, will take no part in first-team and reserve matches until the investigation is complete.
A club statement read, “Manchester City confirm that the FA has informed Kolo Toure that an ‘A-sample’ provided by him has tested positive for a specified substance.
“As a result of this, he has been suspended from participating in all first team and non-first team matches pending the outcome of the legal process.
“There will be no further comment from the football club at this stage.”
A ‘specified substance’ is, as the World Anti-Doping Agency defines it, one that is “more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation”. The punishment for a positive test ranges from a warning to a two-year ban.
Toure joined City in a £14 million deal from Arsenal in 2009 and served as the club’s captain until Carlos Tevez in the summer.
Toure, 29, will take no part in first-team and reserve matches until the investigation is complete.
A club statement read, “Manchester City confirm that the FA has informed Kolo Toure that an ‘A-sample’ provided by him has tested positive for a specified substance.
“As a result of this, he has been suspended from participating in all first team and non-first team matches pending the outcome of the legal process.
“There will be no further comment from the football club at this stage.”
A ‘specified substance’ is, as the World Anti-Doping Agency defines it, one that is “more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation”. The punishment for a positive test ranges from a warning to a two-year ban.
Toure joined City in a £14 million deal from Arsenal in 2009 and served as the club’s captain until Carlos Tevez in the summer.
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