In recent weeks, Der Spiegel have been reporting several stories as part of a Football Leaks series.
And today, the publication says European football governing body UEFA, deemed a positive doping test by Ramos to be an “administrative mistake” after the Real Madrid team doctor did not disclose a pre-match injection of a banned substance.
Ramos had just won the Champions League for a third time with Real beating Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff.
Madrid said in a statement: “In relation to the information published by Der Spiegel referring to our captain Sergio Ramos, the club states the following:
1. Sergio Ramos has never breached the anti-doping control regulations.
2. UEFA requested timely information and closed the matter immediately, as is usual in these cases, after verification by the experts themselves of the World Anti-Doping Agency, AMA, and of UEFA itself.
3. Regarding the rest of the content of the aforementioned publication, the club does not pronounce itself before the evidence of its insubstantial nature.
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