FIFA has extended the seven-month ban on ex-Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu for drug abuse worldwide.
The decision comes after the player's positive drugs test for cocaine and his admission that he took the drug.
The Romanian striker joined up with the squad as they left for Yerevan to face Armenia in a World Cup qualifier next week.
Chelsea's Romanian striker is the thinking man's footballer, a rare talent who topped the Ranieri and Abramovich hitlist.
Fiorentina and Romania striker Adrian Mutu has tested positive for the appetite suppressant drug sibutramine, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said in a statement on Thursday.
The Romania striker is to hold talks with Serie A leaders Juventus, an Italian club official said.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he would consider signing the Romanian striker once he has served any ban.
The 36-year-old player, whose career has been chequered by controversy, spent last season at Petrolul Ploieti, a top-flight Romanian club.
"I know I have disappointed them. I wish them all the best, and I wish to see Chelsea at a good level," the Romanian striker said.
'He has told me that if I continue playing football even after ISL, then he will consider me for the European Championship next year' "This is one of the biggest challenges of my career'
The Court of Arbitration for Sport C(AS) has rejected Romanian striker Adrian Mutu's appeal against an order to pay 17.17 million euros ($24.2 million) in damages to Chelsea, the court said in a statement on Friday. Mutu, now playing for Fiorentina in Italy, was ordered to pay the sum by FIFA last year after he was fired by the Premier League club in 2004 for testing positive for cocaine.
in their final game of the season against Cagliari.
Romania striker Adrian Mutu has been ordered to pay former club Chelsea 17 million euros (14.1 million pounds) in damages by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, six years after he was sacked for testing positive for cocaine.
Adrian Mutu netted twice to push Fiorentina up to fifth in Serie A with a 3-1 win at Bologna on Monday.
Romania striker Adrian Mutu called the decision to uphold his order to pay Chelsea 17.17 million euros in damages "profoundly unjust" on Monday and confirmed he may take the case outside the sporting courts.
Eugenson Lyngdoh had found the net in the 32nd minute for the hosts but Rafael Coelho Luiz (34) and Jonatan Lucca (44) brought FC Goa back into the game. Mutu (90+4') scored the late equaliser to salvage a point for Pune City.
UEFA has deemed Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu ineligible for next week's Champions League match against Bayern Munich after he was banned by Italian authorities for failing a doping test.
Cesena's Romanian striker Adrian Mutu has been banned for three Serie A matches after punching an opponent during Sunday's game against his former club Fiorentina.
Romania coach Victor Piturca dropped Dinamo Bucharest striker Florin Bratu on Wednesday when he named his final 23-man Euro 2008 squad.
Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli has played down the absence of Romanian forward Adrian Mutu, whose suspension for a doping offence has coincided with the team's recent slump.
Gianluigi Buffon saved a late Adrian Mutu penalty to earn world champions Italy a 1-1 draw with Romania at Euro 2008 on Friday.
Chelsea were charged by the FA with misconduct for allegedly breaching rules governing private drug testing by the club
Mumbai City FC and their state rivals FC Pune City played out a goalless draw in the Indian Super League football tournament at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Friday.
Doing business in India must be seen as easy, friendly and beneficial so as to allay investor apprehensions, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today as the country gears up to spend Rs 55 lakh crore on infrastructure over five years.
A former Playboy model has completed a takeover of debt-ridden top division club AFC Hermannstadt.
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Defender Hugo Campagnaro, who survived a fatal car crash in his native Argentina in June, scored the decisive goal as Napoli won 3-1 at 10-man Cesena in their opening Serie A match of the season on Saturday.
After the semi-final victory over Pakistan, Sumeet Anand is sure India will beat Sri Lanka in the final and emerge triumphant.
The essential dispute is over China's refusal to acknowledge the McMohan Line as the border between the two nations, and staking claim to large tracts of land as a contiguous part of Tibet.
FC Pune City maintained a clean sheet by recording their second consecutive win with a solitary goal victory over NorthEast United in an Indian Super League football match on Friday.
Propped up by goals from Adil Nabi and Enas Edathodia and John Arne Riise, Delhi Dynamos broke their winless run at home and closed in on a semifinal berth with a convincing 3-1 victory over Pune City FC in the Indian Super League (ISL), in New Delhi, on Thursday.
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