Source: CCTV.com
05-08-2009 10:37
Manny Ramirez became the latest high-profile player embroiled in a sports drug scandal after testing positive for a banned substance on Thursday. Major League Baseball have decided to suspend him for 50 games.
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| American baseball star Manny Ramirez, pictured in April, has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and has been slapped with a 50-game suspension, Major League Baseball announced.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Christian Petersen) |
Ramirez is a 12-time selection for MLB's All-Star game; a World Series' MVP in 2004, when he led Boston to a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, and a scorer of 533 career home runs.
The LA Dodgers star said he did not take steroids, but was given medication by a doctor that contained a banned substance. Ramirez will begin his suspension immediately, and will lose about 7.65 million U.S. dollars of his 25 million annual salary.
