Senior Reggae Boy returns positive drug test
THE Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has confirmed that a member of the national senior Reggae Boyz team has returned an adverse analytical finding from the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier against Honduras on June 11.
In a release the local governing body stated: “On the 23rd July, 2013 the JFF received the following notification from the chief medical officer of the FIFA:
“During the World Cup Qualifying match, Honduras vs Jamaica, on June 11, 2013 a member of the Jamaican squad returned an adverse analytical finding on his urine sample.”
The JFF said that the testing was carried out by the FIFA and it means that the ensuing process will be managed by the world governing body. The player has been informed and the JFF awaits further information from the FIFA. The JFF added that it has taken this matter “very seriously and a thorough investigation has already started by the chairman of the JFF Medical Committee”.
