Sunday, July 17, 2011

Women footballers fail drugs test

Venue: Frankfurt, GermanyDate: Sunday, 17 JulyKick-off: 1945 BSTCoverage: Watch live on BBC Three and BBC Sport website with Gabby Logan, England captain Faye White, Sue Smith & Martin Keown from 1930 BST; listen on BBC Radio 5 liveGet involved: on Twitter via #BBCFootball or text 81111 adding FOOTBALL to the beginning of each messageJong Pok-Sim Jong Pok-Sim is one of five players who tested positive for a banned steroid Five North Korean players have now tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid at the World Cup in Germany.

Song Jong-Sun and Jong Pok-Sim tested positive before their final group game against Columbia on 8 July, triggering target testing for the entire squad.

Three more players, whose names have not been disclosed by world governing body Fifa, have also failed tests.

The last doping case at a World Cup was when Diego Maradona was kicked out of the men's tournament in 1994.


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