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Venezuelan international footballer banned for two years for doping
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- 13 January, 2016
- 06:56
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Baku. 13 January. REPORT.AZ/ Venezuelan international footballer Edgar Jimenez has been banned for two years after testing positive for a banned substance, his club Carabobo FC said on Tuesday.
Report informs, the 31-year old midfielder tested positive for the stimulant octopamine after Carabobo played Deportes Tolima in the Copa Sudamericana last year, Carabobo said in a statement.
Jimenez was banned by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and his agent said they would be launching an appeal.
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Venesuela yığmasının futbolçusu dopinq qəbul etdiyi üçün cəzalandırılıb
Футболист сборной Венесуэлы дисквалифицирован на два года за применение допинга
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