What’s this MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish second division player Borja Criado said on Thursday he was trying to prevent baldness and not improve his performance after being handed a two-year ban for the use of a drug to combat hair-loss. The Granada 74 midfielder tested positive for the banned masking agent Finasteride while playing for Ciudad de Murcia in February last season, but was originally cleared by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Last month Brazilian footballer Romario was banned for 120 days for testing positive for the drug, a result which he also blamed on hair-loss treatment. German second division soccer player Nemanja Vucicevic of TSV Munich 1860 and Argentine tennis player Mariano Hood were both banned after positive tests in 2005. read more

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