Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Thursday effectively joined the global campaign against doping in elite leagues with the testing of selected players at two different venues of the Matchday 15 fixtures.

Renowned anti-doping expert, Dr Akinwunmi Amao, led a four-member team that administered tests on selected players of Sporting Lagos and Bayelsa United at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan in Lagos where both teams clashed.

Another team of sports medicine personnel handled a similar task in Benin City where Bendel Insurance hosted Abia Warriors.

He expressed delight at the integration of dope control in leagues in Africa as has been common in Europe.

His words: “Dope test in football has taken firm root in big professional leagues in quite a number of countries in Europe for more than a decade while recently it’s being integrated in the African football leagues.”

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