Brazilian handball player fails doping test

The Brazilian Olympic Committee said Tuesday that handball player Jaqson Kojoroski was dropped from the team after failing a doping test before heading to Beijing.

The committee said Kojoroski was taken off the squad before the July 27 deadline to present the final roster to the International Olympic Committee and didn't travel to China, according to spokesman Claudio Motta.

Even though the results were for known for some time, the committee did not announce Kojoroski's positive result until after the Brazilian handball confederation published a statement on its Web site late Monday saying the he had been replaced on the roster.

Kojoroski, who will be replaced by Alexandre Rodrigues, had been training with the squad in Japan.

SHENYANG, Tuesday, AP