Manchester City fine Kolo Toure £720,000 for failed drugs test

by Le Magazine de la Diaspora Ivoirienne et des Ami(e)s de la Côte d’Ivoire | 8 novembre 2011 23 h 54 min

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been fined six weeks’ wages by the club over his failed drugs test.

Toure was banned for six months in May, back-dated to 2 March, after he tested positive for a prohibited substance[1].

The Ivory Coast international, 30, has played five games since returning from the ban in September.

A City statement read: « Kolo accepts the decision and he and the club now wish to draw a line under this matter and focus on the season ahead. »

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor previously said the club’s disciplinary hearing into Toure’s failed test had « shocked » the former Arsenal centre-back.

« It just seems strange that, after being welcomed back to the club and reinstated as captain for Carling Cup matches, that someone has come up with this hearing, » stated Taylor.

Read full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15629719.stm[2]

Endnotes:

tested positive for a prohibited substance: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/9415174.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15629719.stm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15629719.stm
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