BREAKING: Paul Pogba 4 Year Drug Ban Reduced After Successful Appeal
Written by News Desk on October 4, 2024
Paul Pogba’s four-year drug ban has been reduced to 18 months following a successful appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Pogba, who tested positive for testosterone in the first game of the 2023/24 season, is free to start playing for Juventus again from March next year.
Italy’s National Anti-Doping Tribunal (TNA) accepted the request of the Anti-Doping Prosecutor’s Office to hand out a four-year ban last March, which is the standard length of ban under the World Anti-Doping Code (WADA). It meant Pogba would not have returned to football until March 2027.
A four-year anti-doping ban can be reduced in cases where an athlete can prove it was not intentional, was the result of contamination, or if they can provide “substantial assistance” to help investigators.
culled from Sky Sport
