Centre-back suspended for ‘non-intentional’ rule breach
He failed test after Manchester United Europa League tie
Athletic Bilbao centre-back Yeray Álvarez has been suspended for 10 months due to a failed doping test after a Europa League match, European soccer’s governing body Uefa announced on Monday.
The 30-year-old Spaniard tested positive for canrenone, a substance prohibited in and out of competition, after Bilbao’s 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United in the semi-finals of Uefa’s second-tier club competition in May.
Álvarez, who voluntarily accepted a provisional suspension in June, stated the following month that he unintentionally ingested a banned substance in medicine used to treat hair loss. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016 and said he had been taking the medicine as part of his treatment for alopecia.
