Argentina's Alejandro Gomez and Australia's Mathew Leckie (R) battle for the ball during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Australia at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. Argentina World Cup winner Alejandro "Papu" Gomez has blamed his positive doping test on accidentally ingesting a spoonful of his son's cough syrup. Robert Michael/dpa
Argentina World Cup winner Alejandro "Papu" Gómez has blamed his positive doping test on accidentally ingesting a spoonful of his son's cough syrup. The 35-year-old was found to have taken the banned substance terbutaline in samples from October 2022 and was banned for two years by the Spanish Anti-Doping Commission. "I have never resorted to a prohibited practice and never will," Gómez said in a statement on Instagram. He categorically rejects any form of doping. Gómez played for Sevilla last season, but had since signed for AC Monza in Italy. The player has called in a lawyer. He won the Wor...
