15 Premier League stars failed drugs tests between 2015 and 2020 but none of them were banned, a report has revealed.
Of those 15, 12 tested positive for banned performance-enhancing substances whilst another was still being investigated five months after his initial test, but no ban was handed out. Across a seven year period from 2013 there were a staggering 88 positive tests among footballers in England, Scotland and Wales.
The 12 performance-enhancing substance cases included one positive test for an amphetamine and three findings of triamcinolone, which is the corticosteroid that Sir Bradley Wiggins used before his Tour de France victory in 2012. The cases involving Premier League players also featured four positives for the stimulant Ritalin.
