Duas jogadoras da Coreia do Norte suspensas por doping

Mais duas jogadoras, desta vez da Coreia do Norte, falharam no teste de anti-doping e foram, por isso, proibidas de actuar no jogo de quarta-feira contra a Colômbia.

(CNN) -- World football's governing body FIFA announced Thursday that two players from the North Korea side have been provisionally suspended from the Women's World Cup after failing dope tests.

Jong Sun Song and Sim Pok Jong were prevented from playing in the tournament being held in Germany prior to their team's Group C tie against Colombia in Bochum yesterday.

FIFA said in a statement that adverse "analytical findings" were present in "A" samples collected in two anti-doping tests conducted after the team's previous matches.

The statement continued: "In accordance with article 58 of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations ... the whole Korea DPR team was required by FIFA to undergo an anti-doping test after yesterday's match between Korea DPR and Colombia. The target testing of the entire Korea DPR team was coordinated with WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency]."

North Korea drew 0-0 with Colombia in their third and final game at the event in which they failed to score a goal; previous defeats to Sweden and the USA consigning the team to an early exit.

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