填空题 Abel Xavier, Middlesbrough's Portuguese defender, has failed a drugs test and been suspended from all football by FIFA, football's world governing body. Xavier's urine sample after Boro's UEFA Cup tie in Xanthi, Greece, was found to be positive. Xavier is protesting his 1 to the club. Xavier is believed to have been taking a supplement to treat a virus.

填空题 For the time being Middlesbrough are standing by Xavier, though they are making no public statements, but a further test will now follow on Xavier's sample and, if that is found to be positive, then the defender, who turns 33 next month, may be banned for a 1 period that his career is effectively over.