{"id":288689,"date":"2011-03-03T19:20:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T19:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/kolo-toure-fails-drug-test\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T19:20:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T19:20:52","slug":"kolo-toure-fails-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/kolo-toure-fails-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolo Toure fails drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n<!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c8abffa169_toure466.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Kolo Toure in action for Manchester City\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast international Toure joined Man City from Arsenal in 2009<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been suspended after testing positive for a specified substance.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old was informed by the Football Association that an A sample he provided had returned positive. <\/p>\n<p>City confirmed in a statement that Toure had been suspended &#8220;pending the outcome of the legal process&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast international Toure, whose brother Yaya also plays for City, is a former club captain who joined City from Arsenal in July 2009. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>The defender has gone on to make more than 50 appearances for City, although he was not involved in Wednesday&#8217;s FA Cup victory over Aston Villa. <\/p>\n<p>The failed test automatically triggered the suspension and it is understood that Toure was left out of the squad because the club had been made aware of the situation. <\/p>\n<p>The City statement added: &#8220;There will be no further comment from the football club at this stage.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>And on Thursday evening an FA statement said: &#8220;The FA can confirm that a player has been provisionally suspended from playing pending investigation, having tested positive for the use of a prohibited substance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The World Anti-Doping Agency defines a specified substance as one that is &#8220;more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>The Wada punishment for such a positive test ranges from a warning to a two-year ban. <\/p>\n<p>Hamilton Academicals midfielder Simon Mensing recently served a four-week ban after a specified substance was detected in his system. <\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine at the end of January and subsequently missed five matches after a period of ineligibility was imposed on him. <\/p>\n<p>The player maintained he was unaware he had ingested the substance while using a dietary supplement &#8211; an explanation which was accepted by UK Anti-Doping. <\/p>\n<p>Toure was the skipper of City until the start of the current campaign, when the armband was passed to Carlos Tevez. <\/p>\n<p>The Ivorian defender was brought to the Premier League by Arsenal in 2002 and he remained with the London club until his \u00a314m transfer to City. <\/p>\n<p>Toure, who is under contract with City until the summer of 2013, was one of several high-profile arrivals in the summer of 2009 as then-manager Mark Hughes spent more than \u00a3100m on new players. <\/p>\n<p>City are currently pursuing trophies on three fronts. They will play Reading in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, are set to take on Dynamo Kiev in the Europa League and lie third in the Premier League, 10 points behind leaders Manchester United.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/sport2\/hi\/football\/teams\/m\/man_city\/9413738.stm\" title=\"Kolo Toure fails drug test\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kolo Toure fails drug test<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ivory Coast international Toure joined Man City from Arsenal in 2009 Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been suspended after testing positive for a specified substance. 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