The SADCC statement said the decision will be subject to appeal up to 21 days from the date of the ban’s issue JEDDAH: The Saudi Arabia Anti-Doping Committee (SAADC) has suspended footballers Fahad Al-Mowallad of Al-Ittihad FC and Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Subaie of Ettifaq FC for one year starting on May 9. In a statement on Tuesday SAADC claimed the pair had violated anti-doping regulations, based on paragraph 2/3/14 of the Saudi Regulation on Anti-Doping in Sports, and that traces of a metabolic stimulant amphetamine had been detected in samples taken from the athletes in blood tests on April 1 and 13. Both were informed of the positive test results on May 8. SAADC took a statement from Al-Mowallad at a hearing held on May 20, and from Al-Subaie on May 21. The players will now be banned from playing in local and international competitions for one year starting from May 9, 2019, the date of their original temporary suspension. The pair will also be banned from training professionally until the last two months of their period of suspension based on paragraph 2/12/10 of the Saudi Regulation on Anti-Doping in Sports. The statement also said that the decision will be subject to appeal up to 21 days from the date of the ban’s issue. SAADC added that it informed the two players of this right to appeal, as well as notifying the Saudi Football Federation and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) of the disciplinary action.