Manchester City has been charged by the English Football Association (FA) with failing to update its whereabouts information, so that players could be located for anti-doping tests. ‘It is alleged the club failed to ensure that their “Club Whereabouts” information was accurate, contrary to Regulation 14(d)’, read an FA statement. ‘City have until 19 January 2017 to respond to the charge’.

Under the FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations, clubs are required to provide information including:

• training dates;
• the start and finish times of training sessions;
• the address at which training will take place;
• home addresses of players and any other address at which a player may reside overnight.

‘It shall also be a breach of this Regulation 14 by the Club if the information contained in such reports is either initially inaccurate or has not been updated by the Club as necessary to ensure it remains accurate’, reads Regulation 14(d), which the Premier League club has been charged with breaching. It is not known which aspect of the whereabouts information the club failed to update.