Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2 - Turkey v Russia - Medical Park Arena, Trabzon, Turkey - September 7, 2018 Russia's Denis Cheryshev celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Murad Sezer
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's anti-doping agency said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into Valencia and Russia winger Denis Cheryshev, following remarks from his father Dmitri in the Russian media about an injection the player took to treat an injury.
"We can confirm we have started an investigation to find out more information about the case," said a spokesman from the AEPSAD, the Spanish Agency for Health Protection in Sport, which is responsible for the fight against doping.
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