Paolo GuerreroZurich: Peru captain Paolo Guerrero’s hopes of winning an amnesty from a doping ban that will keep him out of the World Cup appeared to end on Tuesday after a meeting with Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Guerrero will be barred from the World Cup, where Peru will be making their first appearance for 36 years, after testing positive for cocaine — contained in a tea — following the World Cup qualifier away to Argentina in October. He was initially barred for 12 months by Fifa’s disciplinary committee but this was cut to six months on appeal, which would have allowed him to play in the June 14-July 15 World Cup in Russia. “Gianni Infantino expressed his deep understanding of Guerrero’s disappointment in not being able to join the Peruvian squad at the 2018 Fifa World Cup,” said Fifa. On Monday, the captains of the three teams drawn to play Peru at the World Cup wrote to Fifa asking that Guerrero be allowed to play.

Source: The Telegraph May 22, 2018 21:11 UTC