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Pakistan bans dope-tainted Akhtar, Asif
LAHORE: A doping tribunal on Wednesday banned Pakistan's top fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from international and domestic cricket for two years for using performance enhancing medicines, the tribunal's chief said.
The tribunal, formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board, also banned young fast bowler Mohammed Asif for one year, Shahid Hamid, the tribunal's chief said.
Last month, the PCB recalled Akhtar and Asif from thelimited-overs ICC Champion Trophy in India for testing positive forusing the banned steroid Nandrolone.
`We have banned Shoaib Akhtar from playing international and domestic cricket for two years, and Mohammed Asif has been banned for one year for playing international or domestic cricket,' Hamid told a news conference at the PCB's headquarters in Lahore.
He said the tribunal had imposed the minimum punishment under the regulations of the PCB, the International Cricket Council and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
' We were helpless and our hands were tied,' Hamid said.
Hamid said Akhtar and Asif had failed to defend themselves against the charges. They have the right to file appeals to the tribunal within the next seven days.
LAHORE: A doping tribunal on Wednesday banned Pakistan's top fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from international and domestic cricket for two years for using performance enhancing medicines, the tribunal's chief said.
The tribunal, formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board, also banned young fast bowler Mohammed Asif for one year, Shahid Hamid, the tribunal's chief said.
Last month, the PCB recalled Akhtar and Asif from thelimited-overs ICC Champion Trophy in India for testing positive forusing the banned steroid Nandrolone.
`We have banned Shoaib Akhtar from playing international and domestic cricket for two years, and Mohammed Asif has been banned for one year for playing international or domestic cricket,' Hamid told a news conference at the PCB's headquarters in Lahore.
He said the tribunal had imposed the minimum punishment under the regulations of the PCB, the International Cricket Council and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
' We were helpless and our hands were tied,' Hamid said.
Hamid said Akhtar and Asif had failed to defend themselves against the charges. They have the right to file appeals to the tribunal within the next seven days.
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