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| Pakistan pair fail doping tests | Pakistan pair fail doping tests |
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| Pakistan are recalling bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy in India after positive drugs tests. | Pakistan are recalling bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy in India after positive drugs tests. |
| The tests were carried out by the Pakistan Cricket Board three weeks ago and showed positive results for performance-enhancing drugs. | The tests were carried out by the Pakistan Cricket Board three weeks ago and showed positive results for performance-enhancing drugs. |
| Pakistan are due to begin their Champions Trophy campaign against Sri Lanka in Jaipur on Tuesday. | |
| The PCB said it would make a statement later on Monday. | The PCB said it would make a statement later on Monday. |
| The International Cricket Council is also conducting random doping tests during the eight-nation Champions Trophy, ranked second only to the World Cup among the sport's limited-overs events. | |
| Chief executive Malcolm Speed said it would be the PCB who would deal with the matter as they had carried out the testing before the tournament began. | |
| He told BBC Five Live: "We (the ICC) take a zero tolerance approach to doping in cricket. We are a signatory to the World Anti Doping Agency code. | |
| "It is very disappointing this has happened, it is very disappointing for these players but we will get to the bottom of it in the next day or so." | |
| Speed said cricket did not have a worrying problem with performance-enhancing or recreational drugs. | |
| He added: "Generally cricket has been considered a low-risk sport. The risk for cricket has always been a player who is injured taking a substance inadvisedly to come back quickly from injury." | |
| Australia spinner Shane Warne was banned from cricket for a year in 2003 for testing positive for two separate diuretics, hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride. |