FIBA Basketball

    PR N°20 - Decision on the doping case of the player Kaspars Kambala

    GENEVA (FIBA) - The player Kaspars Kambala (Latvia), born on 13th December 1978, has been suspended by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for a period of fourteen months, after testing positive for metabolites of cocaine, in compliance with FIBA's Internal Regulations governing doping control and the WADA Anti-Doping Code

    GENEVA (FIBA) - The player Kaspars Kambala (Latvia), born on 13th December 1978, has been suspended by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for a period of fourteen months, after testing positive for metabolites of cocaine, in compliance with FIBA's Internal Regulations governing doping control and the WADA Anti-Doping Code.

    The sanction rendered by the FIBA Disciplinary Panel today, Friday 27th April, shall begin on 13th December 2006 (date of sample collection) and end on 12th February 2008.

    For the complete text of this sanction, please visit the "Medical Corner" of FIBA's official website:

    http://www.fiba.basketball/pages/eng/fc/expe/medi/antiDopi/dopiCase.asp