the player soon to return to the football fields, his suspension has been reduced

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The 2018 French world champion Paul Pogbasuspended four years for doping, saw his sanction reduced to 18 months and will be able to return to competition within a few months, announced Friday October 4, 2024, a spokesperson for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

“I confirm the decision: 18 months of suspension from September 11, 2023. The decision is made without the reasons, which will follow later,” he told AFP.

Resumption planned for March 2025

Under contract with Juventus Turin until 2026, the French international (91 caps, 11 goals), who will be 32 years old on March 15, will therefore be authorized to resume competition from March 11, 2025.

He published on his Instagram account on Friday evening a close-up photo of two feet wearing Pogba-branded football boots with socks bearing his initials decorated with the flag of France and the two world champion stars.

“I have never knowingly or deliberately taken” doping products

Tested positive for testosterone in August 2023 during a match between Juventus and Udinese and provisionally suspended in September of the same year, Paul Pogba had been suspended for four years on February 29 by the National Anti-Doping Tribunal.

But the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which he appealed, reduced this suspension to 18 months, from September 11, 2023. In a message published on Instagram after the announcement of his suspension for four years, Pogba said have “never knowingly or deliberately” taken doping products.

I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built during my professional gaming career has been taken away from me. When I am free from legal restrictions the whole story will become clear, but I have never knowingly or deliberately taken any supplements that would violate anti-doping regulations.

Club blow

To explain this positive doping test, those around him had put forward the thesis of a accidental contamination via a food supplement prescribed by a doctor consulted in the United States. As a reminder, testosterone, the hormone of fertility and male sexuality, promotes muscle development.

This affair had the effect of a hammer blow on a player who had been going through a very complicated period for several months, punctuated by injuries and extra-sporting affairs.

A great architect of the world title won by the Blues in Russia in 2018, he was one of the great stars of world football before seeing his popularity decline after a litany of misfortunes on and off the stadiums.

Only 10 appearances during the 2022/2023 season

During the 2022/2023 season, Pogba had only 10 apparitions under the Juve jersey, notably due to a meniscus injury of the right knee. With death in his soul, he had to accept an operation depriving him of the World Cup in Qatar, where the French team failed in the final against Argentina in December 2022.

The player was also the victim of an organized gang extortion case, for which six men including his brother Mathias were referred last month to the Paris Criminal Court.

Source : © 2024 AFP

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