Juventus superstar Paul Pogba has been handed a four-year doping ban after failing a drugs test.
Reports suggest that Juventus superstar Paul Pogba has received a four-year football suspension on Thursday. The former Manchester United midfielder was provisionally suspended in September after testing positive for testosterone. Italy’s sports prosecutors had sought a 4-year ban for the French World Cup winner following doping allegations against him. Pogba was suspended in September following Juventus’ 3-0 victory over Udinese in the Italian Serie A opener.
Pogba’s anti-doping hearing was shifted from January 18 to an unspecified date, and Italy’s anti-doping tribunal also accepted the demands from the French midfielder’s lawyers. Earlier, Pogba’s representatives refused to comment about the anti-doping hearing. Following the hearing at the NADO tribunal in Rome, Pogba was already tipped to face a lengthy ban from football. In December, anti-doping prosecutors sought a maximum 4-year ban for the Juventus midfielder.