Football player spotted carrying nicotine and energy drink which are drugs watchlist
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has been spotted spotted at England training carrying controversial nicotine pouches and an energy drink. Vardy is gearing up for England’s crucial Euro 2016 clash with Wales and is desperate to force his way into Roy Hodgson’s side for Thursday’s match. A photographer working for Daily Mails daily spotted the 29-year-old carrying a can of controversial energy drink Red Bull in one hand and a tin of nicotine pouches in the other as he walked out to training at the Three Lions HQ in Chantilly. Use of either do not represent a doping offence, but both are on the World Anti-Doping Agency monitoring list as stimulants that could be considered for the banned list when used in competition. Vardy has not broken any rules, with the FA aware that the striker – who is understood to be a former smoker – uses both stimulants as part of his dietary regime. Red Bull is a high-caffeine drink, though use of the drink has been criticised by health campaigners over long term damage it can do to the body.
