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FIFPro says Guerrero dope ban defies common sense

The doping ban that will prevent Peru captain Paolo Guerrero of his long-awaited chance to play at the World Cup is unfair and defies common sense, the world players鈥 union FIFPro said yesterday.

Guerrero had just completed a 6-month ban after testing positive for cocaine 鈥 contained in a tea 鈥 when the Court of Arbitration for Sport increased it to 14 months on Monday. The extended ban, imposed after an appeal to CAS by the World Anti-Doping Agency, means the 34-year-old will miss next month鈥檚 World Cup where Peru has qualified for the first time in 36 years. FIFPro said in a statement that it wanted an urgent meeting with global soccer body FIFA to review the anti-doping rules in the sport. 鈥淔IFPro considers the ban unfair and disproportionate, and the latest example of a World Anti Doping code that too often leads to inappropriate sanctions, especially when it has been established that there was no intent to cheat,鈥 it said. The Dutch-based union pointed out the CAS itself had accepted that Peru鈥檚 all-time leading scorer did not intend to enhance performance and had not knowingly ingested the substance. 鈥淚t therefore defies common sense that he should be handed a punishment which is so damaging to his career.鈥


 

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