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Cannavaro at the centre of a storm

ITALIAN star Fabio Cannavaro is at the centre of a controversy over tv footage of him having a legal substance injected into him in 1999.

Cannavaro at the centre of a storm

Sat, 30 Apr, 2005 - 01:00

James Whelan Madrid

The video shows Cannavaro being injected with a substance called Neoton which is not on the banned list.

The incident happened the day before the 1999 UEFA Cup final when his then employers Parma beat Marseille 3-0 in Moscow.

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