<p class="title">Peru captain Paolo Guerrero has hit out at the "injustice" of a 14-month doping ban that has ended his dream of appearing at the World Cup in Russia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm a victim of injustice," said Guerrero, a day after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland increased a six-month ban for testing positive for traces of cocaine to 14 months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't expect it, I'm sad I won't be playing. They've taken my dream away from me."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guerrero, who plays as a striker for Brazilian giants Flamengo, had been included in Peru's preliminary 25-man World Cup squad announced on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But less than a week after he attended a CAS hearing in Lausanne hoping to totally annul a six-month suspension, world sport's top arbitration court increased his sentence to 14 months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Not only is Guerrero ruled out of the World Cup, but the emblematic skipper will be sidelined until January 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm sad but I've come here to face things, because there have been a lot of rumours. I'm a victim of injustice," Guerrero said here where he was met by hundreds of well-wishers shouting his name and offering messages of support.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm 100 percent behind the team (Peru). In the good times, and the bad."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guerrero was initially banned for one year after traces of the drug, which is on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency, were found in a sample following a World Cup qualifier against Argentina on October 5 last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World football's ruling body FIFA reduced the ban to six months on appeal last December. That ban ended on May 3, making Guerrero eligible to play at the June 14-July 15 World Cup in Russia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The emblematic Peru captain, however, wanted the ban annulled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He arrived at a CAS hearing last week flanked by lawyers to be met by around 30 flag-waving well-wishers and supporters shouting "You can do it, Paolo!!" But WADA effectively retaliated, appealing to CAS to uphold their original sanction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CAS noted on Monday: "Both the Player and WADA filed appeals at the CAS. Paolo Guerrero sought to have the FIFA decision set aside and replaced by a new decision in which no sanction was imposed on him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"WADA, on the other hand, had requested that the FIFA decision be set aside and that Paolo Guerrero be sanctioned with a period of ineligibility between 1 and 2 years with an expressed preference for 22 months."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The statement added: "The CAS decided to increase Mr Guerrero's suspension from 6 to 14 months, starting today (Monday), with the period of provisional suspension of 6 months already served by Mr Guerrero being credited against the total period of ineligibility to be served."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Peru face France, Australia and Denmark in Group C at the World Cup.</p>
<p class="title">Peru captain Paolo Guerrero has hit out at the "injustice" of a 14-month doping ban that has ended his dream of appearing at the World Cup in Russia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm a victim of injustice," said Guerrero, a day after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland increased a six-month ban for testing positive for traces of cocaine to 14 months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't expect it, I'm sad I won't be playing. They've taken my dream away from me."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guerrero, who plays as a striker for Brazilian giants Flamengo, had been included in Peru's preliminary 25-man World Cup squad announced on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But less than a week after he attended a CAS hearing in Lausanne hoping to totally annul a six-month suspension, world sport's top arbitration court increased his sentence to 14 months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Not only is Guerrero ruled out of the World Cup, but the emblematic skipper will be sidelined until January 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm sad but I've come here to face things, because there have been a lot of rumours. I'm a victim of injustice," Guerrero said here where he was met by hundreds of well-wishers shouting his name and offering messages of support.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm 100 percent behind the team (Peru). In the good times, and the bad."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guerrero was initially banned for one year after traces of the drug, which is on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency, were found in a sample following a World Cup qualifier against Argentina on October 5 last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World football's ruling body FIFA reduced the ban to six months on appeal last December. That ban ended on May 3, making Guerrero eligible to play at the June 14-July 15 World Cup in Russia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The emblematic Peru captain, however, wanted the ban annulled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He arrived at a CAS hearing last week flanked by lawyers to be met by around 30 flag-waving well-wishers and supporters shouting "You can do it, Paolo!!" But WADA effectively retaliated, appealing to CAS to uphold their original sanction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CAS noted on Monday: "Both the Player and WADA filed appeals at the CAS. Paolo Guerrero sought to have the FIFA decision set aside and replaced by a new decision in which no sanction was imposed on him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"WADA, on the other hand, had requested that the FIFA decision be set aside and that Paolo Guerrero be sanctioned with a period of ineligibility between 1 and 2 years with an expressed preference for 22 months."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The statement added: "The CAS decided to increase Mr Guerrero's suspension from 6 to 14 months, starting today (Monday), with the period of provisional suspension of 6 months already served by Mr Guerrero being credited against the total period of ineligibility to be served."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Peru face France, Australia and Denmark in Group C at the World Cup.</p>