Frenchman Pogba Gets 4-Year Ban For Doping

Paul Pogba has received a four-year ban after testing positive for testosterone after a Serie A match last year.

Italy’s National Anti-Doping Tribunal (TNA) accepted the request of the Anti-Doping Prosecutor’s Office to hand out the four-year ban – which is the standard length of ban under the World Anti-Doping Code (WADA).

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It was revealed last September that Pogba tested positive for the illegal substance in a random drugs test conducted after Juventus’ game against Udinese on August 20, when he was an unused substitute.

As a result, he was banned from playing. His last appearance for Juventus was on September 3 against Empoli.

A statement from the anti-doping body read: “The National Antidoping Tribunal informs that, in acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Antidoping Prosecutor, it has provided for the provisional suspension of the athlete: Paul Labile Pogba (FIGC) for the violation of articles 2.1, 2.2; prohibited substance detected: Non-endogenous testosterone metabolites (The GC/c/IRMS results are consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds).”

The ban starts from when Pogba first tested positive, so the France international is banned until August 2027. He will be 34 years old when the ban stops, raising doubts over whether his career will continue after that.

AFP/MTO