The Italian court imposed a 4-year ban on Paul Pogba, the famous midfielder of France and the Italian club Juventus, following which the footballer’s career is in danger.
According to the report of the British broadcaster Sky Sports News, Paul Pogba, who is part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup winning team, received a request from the doping prosecutors, on which a 4-year ban was imposed on the footballer.
According to the World Anti-Doping Code, the maximum punishment for a positive doping test is a 4-year ban from football activities.
The ban was applied as soon as the test came positive, which means that the French international footballer has been banned from playing football until August 2027.
When the ban ends, he will be 34 years old, which is considered an age in football when a player’s career ends.
Expressing regret at the punishment, the French footballer said he would appeal once morest the punishment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
In his statement, Paul Pogba said: ‘I have been informed today of the anti-doping decision of the Tribunal Nacional and in my opinion this decision is wrong. I am saddened, shocked and heartbroken by the decision because everything I have achieved in my professional career has been taken away from me’.
“The whole story will become clear when I am free from legal sanctions, but I have never knowingly taken any supplement that violates anti-doping regulations,” he added.
After the 30-year-old Juventus footballer tested positive for testosterone metabolites last August, he was suspended by the club as a precaution in September 2023, while he was sitting on the bench in the match played on August 20.
After the initial suspension, Pogba appealed for a retest which also came back positive, following which Italy’s anti-doping prosecutors in December requested the maximum four-year ban.
A four-year anti-doping ban can be reduced in cases where an athlete can prove that he did not knowingly take a banned substance, was involved or that he ‘assists’ investigators in his case.
Muslim French footballer Paul Pogba was a key part of the FIFA World Cup winning team in 2018, he might not be a part of the team in the 2022 Qatar World Cup due to injury, while he has also played for the British club Manchester United for 7 years. .
In 2016, Pogba was transferred from Juventus to Manchester United for 114 million dollars, which was the most expensive transfer on record at that time.
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2024-05-02 06:14:28
