Brazilian striker Barbosa appeals to lift the ban for two years: justice is upheld

Brazilian forward Gabriel Barbosa successfully appealed and canceled the previous two-year ban.

On April 8, 2023, Gabriel Barbosa was accused of obstructing the work of drug test staff, disrespectful to the other party and failing to follow instructions to conduct tests. Although Gabriel Barbosa's drug test result was negative, he was still indicted and was sentenced to attempted drug fraud in March last year and was suspended for two years.

And Gabriel Barbosa has been appealing for this, and his suspension was not enforced before the appeal was released. He finally appealed to the Lausanne Sports Arbitration Tribunal, which announced this week that it supported Gabriel Barbosa's appeal and canceled his two-year ban. The Lausanne Sports Arbitration Tribunal said that although the player's actions were not fully cooperative at the time, there was no reason to believe that he had violated the anti-doping rules.

And Gabriel Barbosa said: "Justice has been fulfilled, but the wound still exists." Gabriel Barbosa once played for Inter Milan and joined Cruzero from Flamengo in January this year.