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Mutko denied reports meldonium samples football players in the Russian national team


The team no one would take doping tests before the European Championship qualifying match.
Mutko denied reports meldonium samples football players in the Russian national team

Russian Sports Minister and President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vitaly Mutko said that the information about the positive results of tests for the Russian national team football players meldonium untrue. No one has yet conducted a doping control at the team gathering, told Tass.

"The composition of the team was published, all athletes, all 24 people are on the assembly in Novogorske Doping Control now is conducted by the British organization about what meldonium can we talk about if they only gathered This command has no doping tests did not take..?", - Quotes TASS words Mutko.

He added that the team no problem. In training, missing only injured players.

"RFS published squad Every one at the training camp did not come only to those who have minor injuries There is no problem of them Fomina in the end will choose 18 people -.... They will travel to St. Petersburg for the game And those who do not. is selected, it will look meldonievy should not be necessary to bring the case to insanity, "- said the Minister of sport of the Russian Federation.

Recall that the Russian defender of women's football team Elena Bear declined to comment on the information about the positive doping test on meldonium team players.