Brazilian striker Gabriel Barbosa has been handed a two-year suspension by the country's Anti-Doping Sports Court of Justice following a doping fraud investigation. The decision, reached by a narrow 5-4 vote, will see Barbosa sidelined until April 2025.
The suspension stems from an incident on April 8, 2023, when Barbosa displayed erratic behavior during a surprise doping test conducted one day before Flamengo's Rio de Janeiro state championship match. Despite initially ignoring anti-doping officers at the club's training ground, Barbosa eventually underwent testing, with his lawyers emphasizing the validity of his subsequent blood test results as proof of his innocence.
