Source: Daily_Mail
Kolo Toure awaits his fate after positive drug test
ShareManchester City defender Kolo Toure will this week find out his punishment for failing a drugs test.[LNB]An FA-led tribunal will discuss the 30-year-old's case and could hand out a maximum ban of two years. [LNB]Toure has been in limbo since early March after an A sample he had given at a previous game came back positive. [LNB] Decision: Kolo Toure was suspended by Man City in early March[LNB]City immediately suspended him from playing but he has continued to watch matches at Eastlands and mingle with his team-mates, including his brother and FA Cup hero Yaya. [LNB]Toure's defence is likely to centre on the substance he took being used to help with a weight problem rather than to enhance performance. [LNB]In 2009, goalkeeper Paddy Kenny was banned for nine months after traces of the banned substance ephedrine were found in his system while he was playing for Sheffield United. [LNB]He admitted the charge but said it was due to a cough medicine he had taken to combat a chest infection. [LNB]Toure was signed by former manager Mark Hughes from Arsenal in 2009 for ?16million.[LNB] Manchester City coach Kidd will return to the Reds for a nightMancini blasts transfer speculation and says Tevez will stay at EastlandsAll the latest Man City new, features and opinion[LNB] Explore more:People: Kolo Toure, Mark Hughes
