Ex-Premier League players Carlos Tevez, Dirk Kuyt and Gabriel Heinze have been named by hackers Fancy Bears as three of the footballers cleared to use banned medicines at the 2010 World Cup. The trio were among 25 players given therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) during the tournament in South Africa.
In its latest leaked documents, the Russian hacking group also claims 160 players failed drugs tests in 2015. Four of the failed tests were registered by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad). Three players tested positive for cocaine, and one for ecstasy. This is the first time Fancy Bears hackers have released details about TUEs in football.
Tevez, now 33, was playing for Manchester City during the World Cup in 2010 having moved from Manchester United the previous year. His former Argentina team-mate Heinze, 39, was playing for French club Marseille, having previously spent three seasons at Old Trafford. Dutchman Kuyt, 37, was at Liverpool.