Fahad Al-Mowallad, Mohammed Al-Subaie get one-year ban for doping

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Wed, 2019-05-29 23:33

JEDDAH: The Saudi Arabia Anti-Doping Committee (SAADC) has suspended footballers Fahad Al-Mowallad of Al-Ittihad FC and Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Subaie of Ettifaq FC for one year starting on May 9.

In a statement on Tuesday SAADC claimed the pair had violated anti-doping regulations, based on paragraph 2/3/14 of the Saudi Regulation on Anti-Doping in Sports, and that traces of a metabolic stimulant amphetamine had been detected in samples taken from the athletes in blood tests on April 1 and 13. Both were informed of the positive test results on May 8.