Iruni Tiberias issued a lengthy denial on Wednesday over allegations tied to intravenous treatments, saying it had not received any formal complaint, demand, or official inquiry and knew of the matter only through media reports. The club said the accusations were harming it and rejected any suggestion that it had given players prohibited substances.
According to the statement, if the claims came from people linked to M.S. Ashdod, they would amount to an improper attempt to create media pressure and influence events off the field rather than accept the result on the pitch. Tiberias also mocked the accusations, saying its dressing room was not the Jerusalem District Court and that muscle-recovery saline should not be treated like a major criminal case.
The club said no banned material was given to players and that there was no attempt to conceal, distort, or bypass any instruction. It said the treatment involved standard medical saline, sodium chloride, legally purchased and containing no dietary supplement or forbidden ingredient. The only relevant incident, it said, was routine treatment given to players to help recovery after an unusually heavy schedule of two matches per week.
Tiberias said the saline treatment was administered three days before a match, in a limited and legal fluid volume, under qualified medical supervision and in line with accepted professional sports practice. The club added that after additional legal and medical checks it believes it complied with all laws, WADA rules, and applicable guidelines, and said it will fully cooperate with any authorized review. The club has also chosen attorney Ofer Ben Asa to lead its defense if needed in sports court.
