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Soccer-Sheffield United suspend Baxter for failing drug test

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - English League One side Sheffield United have suspended striker Jose Baxter for failing an drugs test, the third-tier club have confirmed.

"The Club has learned that one of its players, Jose Baxter, was found to have traces of a banned substance in his sample following a routine Football Association out-of-competition drug test," United said in a statement on their website (www.sufc.co.uk).

"The player has informed the Club that he engaged in no wrongdoing involving any banned substance."

Sheffield United's season finished after they lost 7-6 on aggregate to Swindon in the League One playoff semi-final on Monday.