Uzbekistan’s Anzur Ismailov fails doping test

The player Anzur Ismailov is suspended from all matches, whether friendly or official fixtures, at domestic and international level, for three (3) months as from 2 October 2009.

On 17 June 2009 the player Anzur Ismailov, of the representative team of Uzbekistan, had been submitted to a doping control after the match Bahrain v Uzbekistan played in the scope of the Preliminary Competition the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.

The player’s urine sample was consequently analysed by the Ankara Doping Control Laboratory, which is accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and revealed the presence of the substance Tethrahydrocannabinol Metabolite, a prohibited substance listed under Appendix B, "S8. Cannabinoids" of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations and considered as a "specified substance"