Football: Internacional’s Moledo suspended after positive doping test

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), July 14 : Veteran International defender Rodrigo Moledo has been provisionally suspended after a positive doping test, the Brazilian Serie A club said.

The 35-year-old was found to have traces of the banned substance ostarine in his system during a random test following a Copa Libertadores match in May.

In a statement on Thursday, the Porto Alegre-based side said Moledo had requested the analysis of a B sample ahead of a tribunal hearing.He has denied any wrongdoing, the club added.

Moledo has made 218 first-team appearances for Internacional since joining the club from Greeces Panathinaikos in 2018.

He has also had spells at Ukraines Metalist Kharkiv and Polands Odra Wodzislaw -- among other clubs -- in a professional career that began in 2008.

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