italy captain in trouble

Cannavaro to be questioned after failing drugs test

October 8, 2009
By Soccernet staff
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has failed a doping test, with his club Juventus saying on Thursday that it is the result of cortisone being used to treat a bee sting.

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The Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri has opened an investigation and will question Cannavaro on Friday.

Cannavaro, who helped Italy win the World Cup in Berlin three ...

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