The number 10 was reported to the Brazilian anti-doping court for attempted anti-doping fraud.
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Flamengo forward Gabriel Barbosa was suspended for two years (one year to be served in practice) for doping test fraud. There is a discussion about the infraction and the size of the penalty, as the tight trial showed. This is explained why the red-black player's case is seen as unique.
In April 2023, there was a visit from the anti-doping team to Flamengo's CT. The inspectors' report is that Gabigol did not respond to the call during the exam, then urinated without showing his penis, as per procedure, and, finally, handed over the open container.
The attacker was reported in the Brazilian court antidoping for attempted anti-doping fraud. According to article 122 of the anti-doping code, the penalty is 4 years, which can be reduced to two years due to mitigating factors. It took two years, to be completed from April 2023 to April 2025.
"If there is (a case like Gabigol), it will be something from the CAS. In the anti-doping court, I confess that I have never seen these peculiarities. Generally, in many of these cases, there is some confidentiality. Data protection. Disclosure ends up being precarious", said lawyer Maurício Corrêa da Veiga, president of the Sports Law commission at the IAB (Institute of Lawyers from Brazil).
"I confess that I don't know of any case that has a similar situation to Gabriel. It's a huge shame for someone who didn't have anything found in their urine. I didn't see a sign of fraud. With except for not having shown his genitals. I don't see the evidence of fraud. I see more of an athlete's error than fraud. I am not aware of a similar case. It seems to me an excessive penalty", said lawyer Gustavo Caputo, auditor of the Brazilian Confederation Skateboarder and teacher at CBF Academy.
What both lawyers say is that cases in which there is a clear attempt at fraud are common. The athlete tries to use other people's urine and even an artificial penis. Or there are cases of athletes who refuse to take the test and then test positive.
"It never happened. With these characteristics. Therefore, it is difficult for judges to have jurisprudence on the case. It was a tight score", recalled Veiga.
In this sense, Caputo understands that Gabriel's defense - carried out by the Bichara e Motta office - asked that his trial already take place in the full anti-doping court to speed up the direct appeal to the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). The issue is that definitive judgments at the CAS usually take around six months.
"I believe that they (the defense) are betting on the suspected effect. In a maximum of one month they can have this judgment of the effect", he analyzed Caputo.
Teams face each other next Thursday in the Libertadores quarter-finals
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The Peñarol (URU) team was excited from the beginning of the trip to Rio de Janeiro, where they will face Flamengo, in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. In addition to cheering the players on the flight towards the 'Marvelous City', the Uruguayans posted a montage of Christ the Redeemer with the club's flag.
As soon as they landed on Rio de Janeiro soil, the Uruguayan club published an image of a of the city's main tourist attractions. In addition to the photo, the team wrote the following message: “Peñarol em Rio”, alluding to Rock In Rio. Afterwards, a video showing the arrival of the athletes at Galeão Airport was also published.
Peñarol reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores after beating The Strongest (BOL) in the round of 16. In the first game, the Uruguayan team defeated their opponent 4-0. On the way back, the Bolivian team even won by a score of 1-0, however, it was not enough to take away the classification of Diego Aguirre's men.
Before the game against Flamengo, Peñarol played in the Championship Uruguayan. On Saturday (14), Rubro-Negro's opponent beat Rampla (URU), by a score of 4 to 0. Given this situation, they remained undefeated in the national tournament.
And the red- black?Flamengo is coming off a bitter draw with Vasco on Sunday (15), however, they will have reinforcements for this Thursday's duel (19). Recovered from a thigh injury, De La Cruz is back in the team. In addition to the Uruguayan, Alex Sandro, Alcaraz and Gonzalo Plata were registered in the competition and, as a result, will be included in the clash.
Eduardo Paes uses his social network profile to deny the article
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Last Tuesday, the candidate for re-election for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, denied the journalist Ancelmo Gois, from Globo. In a post on Instagram, the mayor informed that the city hall will be responsible for removing the megastructure on the gas meter site, different from what was reported. Furthermore, he guaranteed that Flamengo will have its new stadium, with the best conditions and security.
The news published by Ancelmo informs that Flamengo would have to pay R$100 million to remove a large gas structure present on land acquired by the club, which is owned by CEG and CEG-Rio, which are companies that are part of the gas concessionaire Naturgy.
According to the article, the companies were informed that Flamengo is the responsible for bearing the expenses, as provided for in one of the annexes to the land purchase and transfer contract. The clause, however, does not have a specified limit.
Paes stated that the values for the transfer of the structure are different from what was pointed out in the article by Ancelmo Gois. Furthermore, it exempted Flamengo from any responsibility, and that the city hall has been planning to remove it for years.
“They are making me defend @flamengo more than I would like: let it be clear that this is not the The cost of this transfer and when it happens will be the responsibility of the city of Rio, which knows that this structure cannot be in an area that is already receiving so many residential buildings. It's been in our plans for a long time! Flamengo will have its new stadium there in the gasometer with all the quality and safety that the region demands and deserves. Period!”, published the mayor.
Gabigol and Flamengo say they were taken by surprise by the punishment.
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The two-year punishment for Gabigol generated strong debate and different points of view on the rigidity of the judgment. To UOL, Ivan Pacheco, one of the TJ-AD auditors, explained how the court reached the final result.
"The penalty is based on the code. All procedural and legal rites were fulfilled. Nobody invented this penalty for Gabigol , there was no special trial because it was him. The rite followed strictly in accordance with the regulations", said Ivan Pacheco.
What happened?Gabigol and Flamengo say they had were taken by surprise by the punishment. The player will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Flamengo understands that a punishment of this size only happened because it was Gabigol. The club believes that the top scorer gave visibility to the case. In the view of the red and black board, there was no fraud on the part of the player, but rather bad behavior.
Ivan Pacheco explained the reasons that led to a complaint and, subsequently, to the conviction: "The control, the collection of samples, the entire procedure from notifying athletes to sealing the samples and sending them to the laboratory follow an international standard. According to the control officers who collected Gabriel's samples, he did not maintain this standard. They characterized this as an attempt to fraud.".
Other experts consulted by UOL detail a "series of problems" on Gabi's part. A professional who preferred not to be identified highlighted that there was a lack of cordiality, in addition to irregularities in the delay in the collection and the way it was carried out.
Doping professionals classify the case as "unusual". Some even raise the question about what motivated this situation and the way the number 10 acted. The defense's thesis is that it was just bad behavior, in addition to pointing out some inconsistencies in statements during the session. These contradictions involve the team's arrival time at Ninho do Urubu and whether in fact no agent accompanied the urine collection.
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