Updated On: 17 July, 2013 02:17 AM IST | | AFP
Italian police have opened an investigation for doping against Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, ANSA news agency reported yesterday, as the athletes blamed their physiotherapist after they failed drugs tests.
The pair, who tested positive for a banned stimulant, were training in northeast Italy but have now left the country after a police raid on their hotel, according to local media reports. Canadian physiotherapist Chris Xuereb, who is similarly under investigation, has also left Italy, ANSA said.

Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson