Onana: Ajax goalkeeper’s doping ban reduced to nine months by CAS

Onana insisted it was accidental, having mistook his wife's prescription medication for aspirin due to similar packaging [PHOTO COURTESY]

Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper Andre Onana's year-long ban by European soccer's governing body UEFA for violating doping rules has been reduced to nine months after an appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a on Thursday.

Traces of the banned substance Furosemide were found in the Cameroon international's urine during an out-of-competition test on Oct. 30, Ajax said in February, leading to a year-long ban for the player from all football activities.