AFP - Top US women's basketball star Diana Taurasi's B sample has also tested positive for a banned substance, Turkish NTV television reported on Monday.
Taurasi, who plays for Fenerbahce Istanbul, tested positive for the mild stimulant drug modafinil, which can be used to combat insomnia and other sleep-related conditions on December 25.
She has been provisionally suspended from playing pending the B sample and risks a two-year suspension. Her lawyer in the United States, Howard Jacobs, was quoted as saying that the drug is not a steroid.
Taurasi has won two Olympic titles with the United States and on four occasions she has been named most valuable player in the women's NBA in the United States.
She has played for the last four years for Spartak in Russia before joining Fenerbahce in Turkey this season.
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