Football: FA bans player for drugs
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The FA bans a Football League player for six months after two positive cocaine tests.
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Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher has received an eight-game ban from the Football Association (FA) for his brutal challenge on Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes.
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One of the two Blackburn Rovers Football Club fans charged with public disorder for racially abusing Dwight Yorke has been handed a five-year ban.
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England's Football Association have upped the ante in their efforts to control unruly agents by fining and banning the man who represents former Arsenal defender Ashley Cole.
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Newcastle, England (Sports Network) - The English Football Association (FA) has suspended Newcastle coach Graeme Souness for one match.
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Bolton&#39;s El-Hadji Diouf has been banned for three matches with immediate effect by the Football Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct.
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Adrian Mutu has vowed to rebuild his career after being handed a seven-month ban for failing a drugs test. Former Chelsea star Mutu was suspended by the Football Association after a positive sample for a recreational drug, believed to be cocaine.
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Chelsea Football Club striker Adrian Mutu has been named as the player who has reportedly failed a drugs test. The Mail on Sunday claimed a top Premiership star had failed a random drugs test, and widespread
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Warwickshire's Graham Wagg is banned from cricket until 1 January 2006 for taking cocaine.
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Following the end of his eight-month ban for missing a drugs test, the defender is set to return to the England squad on Sunday night ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Azerbaijan.
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UEFA have banned Valencia midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo for seven games after he was sent off during a Champions League match against Werder Bremen.
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CHELSEA striker Adrian Mutu has owned up to taking cocaine in an apparent attempt to escape a lengthy ban. The Romanian accepted a positive test for cocaine and declined a follow-up test, the head of the English
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Fulham striker Andy Cole has had his three-match suspension reduced to one by the Football Association after a successful appeal. Cole had been suspended for a total of six games after incidents in the away
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A TOP Premiership player is being targeted by the drug-busters as the Football Association yesterday announced plans to introduce widespread testing.
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Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu failed a drug test, the English players&#39; union confirmed Monday. The Romanian could face a ban of up two years from domestic and international soccer.
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CHELSEA enforced a âzero toleranceâ policy against drugs yesterday when they dismissed Adrian Mutu, the Romania striker, for gross misconduct after his positive test for cocaine.
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The Romanian striker was dismissed for gross misconduct last month after he admitted taking the drug following a target test. The 25-year-old was later suspended by the Football Association for seven months, a ban which was later made worldwide by FIFA.