Baggaley believes Ubogagu can serve as example

MANCHESTER United goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley believes Tottenham Hotspur forward Chioma Ubogagu can serve as an example to others after being handed a nine-month ban following an anti-doping violation. UK Anti-Doping tested Ubogagu on 7th October 2021, but her sample contained the banned substance canrenone, meaning she will not be available for her club until October 2022. Ad/> At a Football Association hearing, it was found that Ubogagu did not take the substance deliberately and used it for a Ôrecognised medical conditionÕ.

FootballLiverpool demand apology over Champions League blame game – The Warm-Up4 HOURS AGO And Baggaley, a UKAD Athlete Commission member, believes that Ubogagu has responded in the right way to the ban by offering to help educate others. Having represented England at several age-grade levels, Baggaley was appointed in May 2020 as one of 11 British athletes from a variety of sports who will discuss UKAD policies and broader issues in clean sport. The BFA Women's Super League star is the youngest member of the UKAD Athlete Commission at 25 years old and has been impressed by UbogaguÕs willingness to take responsibility.

ÒI think it's really positive that she wants to make sure things like this don't happen again. I don't think she meant to do it,Ó said Baggaley, speaking at the start of UKAD's Clean Sport Week, which runs from the 23rd May to the 27th. ÒObviously, no one wants to see bans, but at the same time, I think she has dealt with it in the right way.

ÒShe has taken responsibility for it and said that she should have known what was going on. ÒIt will make other people think twice when they are taking things so that they check. ÒWe all get the education, but somehow it slipped through the