This was announced by the coach of the Saudi Arabia national team Herve Renard. Fahad Al Mawlid has been excluded and Nawaf Al Abed has been named on the list of participants in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
This was done as a precaution following an appeal by the International Anti-Doping Committee in a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case involving player Fahd Al Mawlid.
It was announced in detail on the Saudi Arabia national team’s Twitter account that “Herve Renard”; The coach of the first team participating in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar decided to exclude the player Fahd Al Mawlid; From the team list and call Nawaf Al Abed to the list.
And the team’s Twitter account states that after reviewing the WADA International Anti-Doping Committee’s appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case against player Fahd Al Mawled, and after an exchange of views with the legal department of the Saudi Arabian Football Association and a lawyer for the union, and accordingly, as a precautionary measure, coach Herve Renard decided to remove the player from the national team participating in the tournament and call up Nawaf Al-Abed.