Manchester City have suspended defender Kolo Toure after he failed a drug test.
The failed test left City with no option but to suspend Toure, 29, and he 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.
An FA statement on Thursday night read: “The FA can confirm that a player has been provisionally suspended from playing pending investigation, having tested positive for the use of a prohibited substance.”
Toure is understood to have been left out of the City squad for the 3-0 victory over Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Wednesday because the club had been made aware of the issue.
Sky Sports News reports that the failed test relates to a substance found in a dietary supplement.
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