Football Leaks Headline: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) allegedly failed a drugs test which he took the day before the 2017 Champions' League Final & UEFA covered it up. More follows.

On Sunday, June 4, 2017, a sample arrived at the doping laboratory in Seibersdorf, a town in Austria just south of Vienna. It bore the code number 3324822 and had arrived from Wales.

Inside the sealed bottle were 110 milliliters of urine provided by a player from Real Madrid the night before following the Champions League final against Juventus.

Analysts found that it contained traces of dexamethasone, a cortisone preparation that has an anti-inflammatory effect in addition to relieving pain. It also increases cognition and concentration and can have a euphoric effect.

And it is on the list kept by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of substances that are prohibited in competition.

The sample belonged to Sergio Ramos.

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