Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana banned for 1 yr in doping case

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Ajax goalkeeper André Onana was banned for one yr by UEFA in a doping case on Friday and is ready to overlook subsequent yr’s African Cup of Nations in his dwelling nation of Cameroon.
Onana examined optimistic for furosemide, a banned diuretic typically used as a masking agent to cover the presence of different medicine, in a urine pattern given final October.

After feeling unwell, Onana mentioned he took a capsule prescribed for his girlfriend from a packet he mistook for aspirin “as a result of the packaging was nearly equivalent.”
“I just want to clarify that everything was the result of a human mistake,” Onana mentioned in an announcement, describing the UEFA ban as “excessive and disproportionate.”
Anti-doping guidelines make athletes chargeable for banned substances of their physique, although they’ll argue they weren’t at fault or negligent.

Onana and Ajax mentioned they are going to enchantment in opposition to the ban on the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“We had hoped for a conditional suspension or for a suspension much shorter than these twelve months, because it was arguably not intended to strengthen his body and thus improve his performance,” Ajax managing director Edwin van der Sar mentioned.
Although Onana’s optimistic take a look at was in October, he continued to play in home competitions and the Champions League. Ajax positioned third in its group, which was received by Liverpool.
UEFA doesn’t announce doping instances in course of and Onana was judged by its appeals committee earlier than the decision was revealed Friday.
The 24-year-old Onana has been the first-choice goalkeeper at Ajax for 5 seasons and a daily for Cameroon.
Ajax is presently in first place within the Dutch league and performs Lille this month within the spherical of 32 of the Europa League.