May 23 – Mexico’s World Cup squad have decided to avoid eating beef during their preparations for fear of testing positive for the banned drug clenbuterol.
Five players were withdrawn from Mexico’s CONCACAF Gold Cup squad in the United States 2011 after failing dope tests for inadvertently eating meat contaminated with the stimulant that is often used to fatten cattle.
The five, including two members of Hererra’s World Cup squad, were later absolved after the World Anti-Doping Agency accepted what it termed “compelling evidence” that the meat, from Mexico, was contaminated with clenbuterol and produced the positive tests.
“Our training centre has determined, based on what happened in the past, that red meat shouldn’t be eaten,” Herrera said.
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