The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) unanimously accepted the request of the defense of forward Gabriel Barbosa to leave the two-year sanction suspended. and the footballer He will return to training with Flamengo from Brazil.
He River’s executioner in the final of the 2019 Copa Libertadoreshad been suspended for two years by the Sports Anti-Doping Court of Justice after declaring it guilty of attempting to defraud an anti-doping test in April 2023.
Behind this, Gabigol’s defense requested the CAS to suspend the punishment. The order was unanimously acceptedin a decision that was made by two Englishmen and a Swiss.
On their social networks, Flamengo announced that the forward is “free to participate in competitions” as a result of his “defense achieved the suspensive effect by unanimous decision” and, in this way, Gabriel Barbosa will return to training. They are last game was the victory against Fluminense, 2-0, in the Carioca Championship, on February 25.
Why Gabigol was sanctioned after an anti-doping control
The Brazilian Sports Justice Prosecutor’s Office had denounced the forward for obstructing an anti-doping control on April 8 at the Flamengo training center.. The complaint reported that Gabriel Barbosa did not respect the protocols for carrying out the test and even disrespected the agents in charge of collecting samples from the players of the red-and-black institution.
The episode occurred one day before the second leg of the final of the Carioca Championship 2023, what Fluminense won 4-1 against their biggest rivalat the start of the season that ended in December.