Kallon and Gaddafi are handed bans
ROME, Italy -- Inter Milan striker Mohamed Kallon and Al Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, have been suspended after testing positive for banned substances.
Sierra Leone star Kallon was handed an eight-month suspension while Perugia striker Gaddafi recieved a ban of three months.
Kallon, 24, tested positive for two metabolites of the steroid nandrolone after Inter's 0-0 draw with Udinese in a Serie A match in September.
Last month the Italian Olympic Committee rejected his attempt to explain the result and found him guilty of "intentional doping."
Gaddafi signed for Perugia in the close season but tested positive for norandrosterone, a metabolite of nandrolone, in October without having played for them in a competitive game.
Gaddafi blamed medicines prescribed for backache for the positive test.
Under Italian rules, both players could have been banned for up to two years, though Kallon's sentence is longer than many of those handed out for past drugs offences.
Dutch internationals Jaap Stam and Edgar Davids received suspensions of five months and four months respectively for their positive tests.
A third Serie A player -- Parma midfielder Manuele Blasi -- is waiting to hear what punishment he will receive after testing positive for norandrosterone in September.
