MOSCOW, June 28 Forward Vladimir Obukhov, whose suspension was extended by the World anti-doping agency (WADA), left the location of «Orenburg», according to the official website of the football club. According to the results of a doping control conducted in 2013, methandienone (a type of anabolic steroids) was found in Obukhov's tests. The player was suspended for six months. The suspension period expired on December 2, 2021. On Monday, it became known that WADA extended Obukhov's suspension for another six months. Earlier, the president of Orenburg, Vasily Eremyakin, announced that the club had suspended the contract with Obukhov. «The Orenburg football club sincerely regrets the situation and, obeying the decision of CAS, stops Vladimir from working at the training camp. At the moment, Vladimir Obukhov has left the team's location. We will wait Vladimir after solving the above problems,» Orenburg said in a statement. «Unfortunately, a good player and, most importantly, a good person, Vladimir Obukhov, left the team's location,» said head coach Marcel Lichka.
