A Jamaican senior national team player has failed a doping test following the 2-0 defeat to Hondurasin Tegucigalpa on June 11.
The Jamaican Football Federation confirmed that an unnamed player tested positive for a banned substance after a World Cup qualifier last month.
Miss out
The 2-0 loss effectively ended Jamaica's chances of qualifying for the World Cup finals in Brazil next year.
The news is another blow to sport inthe country after Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrine last month.
-During the World Cup qualifying match, Honduras vs Jamaica, on June 11, 2013 a member of the Jamaican squad returned an adverse analytical finding on his urine sample, a JFF statement read.
Notice
-The player has been informed and we await further information from FIFA.
-The JFF has taken this matter very seriously and a thorough investigation has already started by the chairman of the JFF Medical Committee.
The world will now await the consequence that will be meted on the offender.