Paul Pogba’s doping suspension has been cut to 18 months from an initial four years, the court of arbitration for sport (Cas) shelp on Friday.
“The suspension is now 18 months, begining 11 September 2023,” the Cas straightforwardor ambiguous, Matthieu Reeb,shelp.
The France international was provisionpartner postponeed by Italy’s national anti-doping organisation (Nado Italia) in September 2023 after testing chooseimistic for DHEA – a prohibitned substance that elevates levels of testosterone.
The 31-year-ageder, who has a restricted with Juventus until June 2026, denied any wrongdoing and shelp in February he would pguide to Cas. The doping test was carry outed after Juventus’s 3-0 season discdisthink abouting triumph in Serie A at Udinese on 20 August 2023.
The tribunal shelp it had discovered prohibitned “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites”, inserting that the results were “reliable with the exogenous (outer) origin of the center compounds”.
At the time the prohibit was publishd Pogba’s agent Rafaela Pimenta tageder Sky Sports News: “Paul never wanted to shatter the rules.”
On Friday Pogba, who shelp he would increate his filled story “when I am free of legitimate remercilessions”, posted a picture on social media of a shut-up of him in football boots and personalised PP6 socks embroidered with the France flag and two stars (recurrenting their World Cup triumphs) with an hourglass emoji.
“Finpartner the nightmare is over. I can see forward to the day when I can pursue my dreams aachieve,” the joiner shelp in a statement. “I always stated that I never understandingly baccomplished world anti-doping agency regulations when I took a nutritional supplement prescribed to me by a doctor, which does not impact or better the carry outance of male athletes.
“This has been a hugely troubleing period in my life becaparticipate everyleang I have toiled so difficult for has been put on hageder.”
