The captains of the three teams facing Peru in Group C at the World Cup have signed a letter to FIFA urging world football's governing body to allow Peru captain Paolo Guerrero to play in the tournament.

FIFPro, which represents professional footballers, has written to world football's governing body asking for Guerrero to be allowed to represent his country.

France captain Hugo Lloris, Australia counterpart Mile Jedinak and Denmark's Simon Kjaer have all signed the letter.

Flamengo forward...

Players' union FIFPro has written to FIFA to appeal for Peru captain Paolo Guerrero to be allowed to play at the World Cup.

Flamengo forward Guerrero was given a doping ban from the country's first World Cup for 36 years over cocaine contained in a cup of tea infused with coca leaves.

FIFPro, which has condemned the ban as disproportionate, wrote on Twitter that it hoped for "a breakthrough in the next 24-48 hours."

LIMA, Peru -- Peru President Martin Vizcarra wants state authorities to help Paolo Guerrero try to overturn a doping ban which forces the national team captain to miss the country's first World Cup in 36 years.

Vizcarra asked the government and Peru's ambassador to Switzerland on Wednesday to be ready to help Guerrero challenge his ban at the Swiss supreme court.

Guerrero can ask federal judges to study a ruling announced on Monday by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport which banned him...

Peru captain Paolo Guerrero will miss the World Cup after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency to increase the length of his drugs ban.

Guerrero was initially banned for 12 months after testing positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, following Peru's World Cup qualifier with Argentina in October last year.

Accepting Guerrero's argument that the substance was accidentally consumed in contaminated tea, FIFA reduced the ban to six months,...