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Afcon 2021: Ivory Coast keeper Sylvain Gbohouo suspended by Fifa for alleged doping violation

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Ivory Coast confirm drugs ban on goalkeeper [photo courtesy]

Ivory Coast will not be able to use their first choice goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo at the Africa Cup of Nations finals after a drugs ban was confirmed by FIFA, the Ivorian Football Federation said.

Gbohouo, who plays club football in Ethiopia at Wolkite City, had been provisionally suspended by FIFA after testing positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication that the World Anti-Doping Agency categorises as a stimulant.

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