The women’s names were not announced by FIFA. All members of the North Korean club were tested after two of its players tested positive.
North Korea asserts said that the drug was taken to treat their injuries from thunder lightning when practicing, not to enhance their performance.
Since Argentina‘s Diego Maradona was disqualified from the men’s tournament in 1994, this is the World Cup‘s biggest dope scandal.
(아주경제 송지영 기자)
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Park Sae-jin
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