AFC suspends Shandong Luneng's Jin Jingdao for three months

Shandong Luneng player Jin Jingdao has committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation and violated Article 6 of the AFC Anti-Doping Regulations 2016.

The Asian Football Confederation revealed that a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers were found the player’s body when out of competition doping control was conducted on 23 August 2016.

But player submitted an appeal to the AFC against the 20161103DC01 decision.

Consequently, the appeal filed by Mr. Jin Jingdao was partially upheld.

On December 14, The Asian Football Confederation Appeal Committee made a decision that Jin Jingdao is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity for three months as of the date on which the provisional suspension was imposed, namely 9 September 2016 to 8 December 2016.

Also, Jin Jingdao should charge the appeal fee of USD 1,000 in accordance with Article 124.1 of the AFC Disciplinary Code.