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Spurs' Ubogagu charged with anti-doping violation ,Suspended for nine months


Tottenham Women forward Chioma Ubogagu has been charged with an anti-doping violation and been handed a nine-month suspension.

The 29-year-old, who has three England caps, admitted the violations relating to the banned substance canrenone, which was detected in a urine sample last October.

The independent regulatory commission imposing the suspension - running to October this year - accepted Ubogagu had committed the violations unintentionally.

Tottenham said the banned substance was in medication Ubogagu had been prescribed in the United States to treat acne and had not known it was prohibited.

A statement from the FA on Thursday said: "An independent regulatory commission has suspended Tottenham Hotspur Women's Chioma Ubogagu for nine months following two Anti-doping Rule Violations (ADRVs).

The forward was charged with two ADRVs under the FA's anti-doping regulations for the presence and use of canrenone, which is a banned substance, and had been detected within a urine sample collected during a squad test on Thursday, October 7 2021 by UK Anti-Doping.

"Chioma Ubogagu admitted the two ADRVs, which the commission accepted were committed unintentionally, and found that (she) had established that she committed them without significant fault or negligence on her part during a subsequent hearing.

"The commission imposed a nine-month period of ineligibility."

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