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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Hamburger SV defender Mario Vušković was banned for two years Thursday in a doping case. The German soccer federation banned Vušković after he tested positive last year for EPO, which is forbidden in sports because it can increase the oxygen-carrying capacity in blood.

A defender from the Croatia under-21 mens national soccer team is facing a doping investigation in Germany over a banned substance best known for its use in marathon running and the Tour de France.The German soccer federation said Saturday that it had opened a case against Mario Vukovi of second-division Hamburger SV over a positive test for the substance EPO, which can increase the oxygen-carrying capacity in the blood and was used by Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, among others.

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