Soccer: Johnson fails dope test

LONDON: Former South African international Ashley Johnson has been suspended by the Rugby Football Union after failing a drugs test, his English Premiership club Wasps announced on Friday.

The 31-year-old — capped three times by the Springboks — failed an out of competition test taken on February 7 and last played for Wasps on March 4. “Ashley is currently investigating the possible source of the substance and both he and the club are co-operating fully with the RFU in this respect,” the club said in a statement. “We are fully supportive of him in this process but are unable to comment any further at this stage due to the confidentiality of legal proceedings.”