(FILES) This file photo taken on October 10, 2017 shows Peru's Paolo Guerrero posing before the start of their 2018 World Cup qualifier football match against Colombia in Lima. Peruvian captain Paolo Guerrero will miss the World Cup after been banned from football for a year for failing a drugs test, FIFA's disciplinary committee announced on December 8, 2017. The 33-year-old attacker, who plays for Brazilian giants Flamengo, was handed the ban after "testing positive for cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine". Guerrero will now miss Peru's first World Cup since 1982, his country deprived of one of its most important attacking players as it prepares to face France, Australia and Denmark in Group / AFP PHOTO / CRIS BOURONCLE

Roos’ World Cup rival banned over cocaine bust

THE captain of Peru, last weekend drawn in the same group as Australia, will miss the World Cup after being banned by FIFA over a positive cocaine test.