Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba has been suspended from football for four years for doping by the Italian Anti-doping.
Four-year bans are standard under the World Anti-Doping Code but can be reduced in cases where an athlete can prove their doping was unintentional, if the positive test was a result of contamination or if they provide ‘substantial assistance’ to help investigators.
Pogba’s positive test was announced in September, stemming from an exam that was carried out after Juventus’ game at Udinese on August 20 this year. The France international did not play in the Serie A match but was on Juve’s bench.
The midfielder asked for counter-analysis to be made on his positive doping test but those results also returned a positive result.
