Month: December 2017

Jose Paolo Guerrero suspended after testing positive for cocaine- to miss 2018 World Cup after 1 year ban

Peru will be without top scorer and captain Jose Paolo Guerrero at next summer’s World Cup after the Flamengo striker was given a one year ban by world football’s governing body FIFA. According to the official release, Guerrero has been banned for twelve months after testing positive for cocaine (cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine).

Guerrero scored five goals in CONMEBOL qualifying for Peru, who will be returning to the World Cup after a gap of 36 years following their intercontinental playoff triumph against New Zealand. Guerrero had missed the playoffs after originally being provisionally suspended for a month following his positive test (after the Argentina game)

Peru are in Group C for the World Cup alongside France, Australia and Denmark, and Guerrero’s absence will be a huge blow to their prospects of reaching the Round of 16

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Merseyside Derby- Big Sam’s Everton face Klopp’s Liverpool

Sam Allardyce will be bidding to become the first Everton manager in nearly two decades to win at Anfield when they face rivals Liverpool in what promises to be a tasty Merseyside derby on Sunday.

No Everton manager had ever lost his first league game in charge of the Toffees and veteran Allardyce continued that proud tradition as goals from Icelandic international Gylfi Sigurdsson and youngster Dominic Calvert-Lewin gave the home side a 2-0 over newly promoted Huddersfield last weekend.

Allardyce was also in the stands when Everton demolished West Ham 4-0 and the twin victories have taken the Toffees to 10th in the table. They also finished their Europa League engagements with a 3-0 win in Cyprus on Thursday against Apollon Limassol, a fixture in which young Ademola Lookman bagged a brace for the visitors.

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