Andre Russell west indies cricketer banned for one year for failing to file his whereabouts three times in 2015.
An independent anti-doping tribunal delivered the verdict in Kingston on Tuesday. The ban will be effective from January 31, 2017 and will end on January 30, 2018.The 28-year-old might appeal the ban as confirmed by his lawyer Patrick Foster.
The charge was pressed by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) in
March 2016 after Russell was named in the West Indies squad for the
World T20 in India, a tournament that he went on to win a month later.
Later, Russell pleaded innocence by stating that he couldn't file his
whereabouts due to his busy cricketing commitments and hence had asked
his agent Will Quinn to handle proceedings. He went on to mention that
he hadn't been properly trained to file whereabouts.
He also revealed in July last year during the Caribbean Premier League that it had been 'stressing and depressing' for him to carry on playing with the hearings happening at the same time.
An independent anti-doping tribunal delivered the verdict in Kingston on Tuesday. The ban will be effective from January 31, 2017 and will end on January 30, 2018.The 28-year-old might appeal the ban as confirmed by his lawyer Patrick Foster.
He also revealed in July last year during the Caribbean Premier League that it had been 'stressing and depressing' for him to carry on playing with the hearings happening at the same time.