Bombers offensive lineman Qadr Spooner given two-game doping ban by CFL

New CFL balls are photographed at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium in Winnipeg Thursday, May 24, 2018. CFL quarterbacks, receivers and running backs players have spent training camp adapting to the new ball introduced for the 2018 season. The new version has harder leather and is minutely larger around than the previous ball. Some players notice a difference, but others don't. (John Woods/CP)

TORONTO — The CFL has suspended Winnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman Qadr Spooner for two games after he tested positive for the banned substance methasterone.

Spooner has yet to appear in a game for Winnipeg. The six-foot-four, 305-point native of Brossard, Que., was taken 15th overall by the Bombers in the 2017 CFL draft.

"The Winnipeg Blue Bombers fully support the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs, and trust Qadr will be more conscious of his decisions moving forward," Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters said in a statement.

Under the CFL and CFL Players’ Association’s joint drug policy, players who test positive will face a two-game suspension for a first doping violation, a nine-game suspension for a second violation, a one-year suspension for a third and a lifetime ban for a fourth.

A suspended player cannot participate in regular season or post-season games, but can be involved in other team activities at the club’s discretion.

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