Two female North Korean Footballer players caught doping

Football's governing body FIFA banned North Korean defenders Song Jong-Sun and Jong Pok-Sim on Thursday after they failed a doping test.

"Two players from Korea DPR, Jong Sun Song and Sim Pok Jong, were provisionally suspended prior to their team's match against Colombia in Bochum yesterday in view of adverse analytical findings in the 'A' samples collected during two anti-doping tests conducted after the team's previous matches in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup," said FIFA in a statement.

The pair were removed from the lineup for North Korea's goalless draw with Colombia in Bochum on Wednesday, but after the Group C game, the entire team were tested by FIFA. "This is a unique event at the World Cup, but if there are two positive samples in a team it means we have to investigate," said Dr Jiri Dvorak, FIFA's chief medical officer.

The two players were tested after the first two games against the United States and Sweden and their samples were examined at the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory in Kreischa, east Germany, and then at the German Sport University in Cologne. "This is a very sad day," said Dvorak.

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