{"id":36570,"date":"2021-02-05T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=36570"},"modified":"2021-02-05T17:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:02:23","slug":"uefa-ban-ajax-goalkeeper-andre-onana-for-failing-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/uefa-ban-ajax-goalkeeper-andre-onana-for-failing-drug-test","title":{"rendered":"UEFA ban Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana for failing drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>On Friday, UEFA banned Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana, for 12 months after he failed a doping test in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Onana\u2019s ban is effective as of February 5, 2021, and will apply to all football activities at both national and international level.<\/p>\n<p>An out-of-competition check found Furosemide in Onana\u2019s urine, but Ajax claims the Cameroon international took it \u201cunwittingly\u201d after feeling unwell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the morning of October 30 Onana did not feel well. He wanted to take a tablet. Unwittingly, however, he took Lasimac, a drug that his wife had previously been prescribed,\u201d Ajax\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnana made a mistake with the product and mistakenly took his wife\u2019s medicine, which ultimately led to UEFA\u2019s action against the goalkeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Ajax managing director, Edwin van der Sar said: \u201cThis is a terrible setback, for Andre himself but certainly also for us as a club. Andre is a top goalkeeper, who has proven his worth for Ajax for years and is very popular with the fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had hoped for a conditional suspension or for a suspension much shorter than these 12 months, because it was arguably not intended to strengthen his body and thus improve his performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Onana and Ajax will appeal the ruling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old joined Ajax from Barcelona in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Onana has made over 150 appearances for Ajax, and his current contract at the Dutch giants will expire in 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. On Friday, UEFA banned Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana, for 12 months after he failed a doping test in October 2020. Onana\u2019s ban is effective as of February 5, 2021, and will apply to all football activities at both national and international level. 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