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City suspend Toure after failed drug test

ESPNsoccernet staff
March 3, 2011
Kolo Toure has been suspended by Manchester City © Getty Images
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Manchester City have suspended defender Kolo Toure after he tested positive for a "specified substance".

Toure, 29, will take no part in first-team and reserve matches until the investigation is complete.

A club statement read: "Manchester City confirm that the FA has informed Kolo Toure that an 'A-sample' provided by him has tested positive for a specified substance.

"As a result of this, he has been suspended from participating in all first team and non-first team matches pending the outcome of the legal process.

"There will be no further comment from the football club at this stage."

A "specified substance" is, as the World Anti-Doping Agency defines it, one that is "more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation". The punishment for a positive test ranges from a warning to a two-year ban.

Toure joined City in a £14 million deal from Arsenal in 2009 and served as the club's captain until Carlos Tevez took over in the summer.

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