Kolo Toure awaits his fate after positive drug test

Last updated : 22 May 2011 By Daily Mail

An FA-led tribunal will discuss the 30-year-old's case and could hand out a maximum ban of two years.

Toure has been in limbo since early March after an A sample he had given at a previous game came back positive.?

Decision: Kolo Toure was suspended by Man City in early March

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.

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.

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.

He admitted the charge but said it was due to a cough medicine he had taken to combat a chest infection.

Toure was signed by former manager Mark Hughes from Arsenal in 2009 for ?16million.

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Source: Daily Mail

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