Argentina World Cup winner blames son's cough mixture for failed doping test

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...