Eight players from Tunisia's national football team, which lost all its matches at the World Cup, have tested positive for doping. The tests revealed the presence of clenbuterol, a bronchodilator banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

However, officials later determined that the substance may have entered the players' systems through consumption of local meat at the team's base in Mexico. The players' clubs have been notified, but additional sanctions are unlikely to be imposed.

In some countries, including Mexico, clenbuterol is used in livestock farming to accelerate growth. Previous cases of contamination through food have been recorded. In 2011, 109 footballers tested positive at the Youth World Cup in Mexico, but FIFA and WADA did not impose sanctions, citing food contamination.

Tunisia's team performed poorly at the tournament, losing to Sweden (1:5), Japan (0:4), and the Netherlands (1:3). After the first match, the federation fired head coach Sabri Lamouchi, making Tunisia the first country in World Cup history to change its coach after just one game.

Source: kun.uz