Player banned in hair case

Reuters

A German second division player, whose club blamed his positive doping test on a hair growth tonic, has been banned for six months.

Nemanja Vucicevic of TSV 1860 Munich had tested positive for Finasteride, which is used as a cure for baldness as well as an array of other hormonal problems.

Club managing director Roland Kneissl blamed the positive result on his hair tonic but the substance is banned by the German Football Association and is listed by anti-doping authority WADA as a masking agent.

Vucicevic, a forward from Serbia & Montenegro, tested positive after a 2-0 win over Wacker Burghausen in a league match on November 4.

The ban will run until May 19, 2006, the German FA said.