Manchester City have suspended
defender Kolo Toure after he
failed a drug test.
The failed test left City with no
option but to suspend Toure, 29,
and he will take no part in first-
team and reserve matches until
the investigation is complete.
A club statement read:
"Manchester City confirm that
the FA has informed Kolo Toure
that an 'A-sample' provided by
him has tested positive for a
specified substance.
"As a result of this, he has been
suspended from participating in all
first team and non-first team
matches pending the outcome of
the legal process.
"There will be no further
comment from the football club at
this stage."
A 'specified substance' is, as the
World Anti-Doping Agency defines
it, one that is "more susceptible
to a credible, non-doping
explanation". The punishment for
a positive test ranges from a
warning to a two-year ban.
An FA statement on Thursday
night read: "The FA can confirm
that a player has been
provisionally suspended from
playing pending investigation,
having tested positive for the
use of a prohibited substance."
Toure is understood to have
been left out of the City squad
for the 3-0 victory over Aston
Villa in the FA Cup on Wednesday
because the club had been made
aware of the issue.
Sky Sports News reports that
the failed test relates to a
substance found in a dietary
supplement.

This is sad for his career as a player.

he will be affected psychologically and traumatically.