The FA has today published details in relation to a breach of its Anti-Doping Regulations by a 16-year-old footballer that occurred while they were a 15-year-old.
The footballer was charged by The FA with two breaches of its Anti-Doping Regulations on 8 July 2020 and provisionally suspended from all football and football-related activity.
It was alleged that the footballer had committed two Anti-Doping Rule Violations by possessing and using the growth hormone somatropin that is classified as a prohibited substance at all times by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
An independent Regulatory Commission subsequently found the alleged Anti-Doping Rule Violations for possession and use of a prohibited substance to be proven and unproven respectively and applied a back-dated nine-month suspension from 7 August 2020 that will conclude on 7 May 2021.
The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons for the sanction can be found below.
