If a player, while in
competition, “smokes from a shisha”
without inquiring the shisha’s content, he cannot argue that his act was fault-free.
Facts/Procedure
On 7 August 2015, during an Algerian league match, Mr Mohamed Youssef Belaili (the Player) underwent an anti-doping procedure by urine analysis. The said analysis discovered the presence of cocaine metabolites, a non-specified forbidden substance, in his body.
The Player signed the doping-trial form and renounced to his right to open his B sample. On 19 September 2015, the African Football Confederation (CAF) notified the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) of the...
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