German baseball star Kepler blames meat for positive doping test

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2026-08-20

Los Angeles (dpa) - German baseball player Max Kepler, who was suspended by the MLB for 80 games in January after a positive doping test, has suggested that contaminated meat could have caused his result. The 33-year-old from Berlin has only been allowed to play in the top North American league again since the end of June. "The substance was in my sample. I have no idea how it got in there, but I am responsible for it," former Minnesota Twins st......

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