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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ap Correspondent

Olympic champion Alexei Ramirez tested positive for four steroids at World Baseball Classic

Alexei Ramirez tested positive for four steroids at the World Baseball Classic - (Getty)

Former Chicago White Sox star Alexei Ramirez has been provisionally banned from baseball after testing positive for four anabolic steroids during the World Baseball Classic in March, where he made headlines as the tournament's oldest ever player.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) confirmed on Wednesday that the 44-year-old Cuban tested positive for "metabolites of mesterolone, metandienone, oxandrolone and stanozolol."

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