The Saudi Anti-Doping Committee suspended the Saudi international, Fahd Al-Mawlid, a player from the Saudi Federation of Jeddah, for 18 months, after it was proven that he had taken steroids. The Doping Committee decided to officially ban the brown leopard for 18 months, after investigating him, and it was confirmed that he had used Furosemide, a substance banned in sports and outside sports, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. The sample was taken from the player before his team's match against Al-Fayhaa in the semi-finals of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, which Al-Ittihad Jeddah lost 0-1 to bid farewell to the tournament. The reasons for the statement of the Anti-Doping Control Committee stated,: “The suspension of Al-Mawlid from participating in all sports competitions, internally and externally, starting from the period on March 28 of this year,” in addition to “the ban on participation in sports competitions during the period of ineligibility and the athlete’s return to training shall be within a period of time.” The last two months of the athlete’s ineligibility period.”Al-Mawlid will be absent from the Saudi national team encounters, and he might not catch up with the coming World Cup in Qatar. This is the second time that the player has been convicted in the same case, as in 2019 it was decided to ban him for the full year of 2019.