4-Year Ban of Pogba Reduced to 18 Months: Former Manchester United and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba’s 4-year ban from football due to allegedly having a foreign substance in his system has been cut short to 18 months according to reports.
4-Year Ban of Pogba Reduced to 18 Months: Why?
Pogba was handed a 4-year ban from playing football in September 2023 after failing a drug test. But the player appealed this in CAS, which now has ruled that the ban has been reduced to 18 months. But Why?
The CAS panel said that the player had ingested the DHEA unknowingly and also was prescribed by a doctor who treats high-profile people, which was claimed by Pogba earlier. So this will enable the player to continue his professional football career from March 2025.
“The CAS Panel based its decision on the evidence and legal arguments made that Mr Pogba’s ingestion of DHEA, the substance for which he tested positive, was not intentional and was the result of erroneously taking a supplement prescribed to him by a medical doctor in Florida, after Mr Pogba had been given assurances that the medical doctor, who had claimed to treat several high level US and international athletes, was knowledgeable and would be mindful of Mr Pogba’s anti-doping obligations under the World Anti-Doping Code.
“Mr Pogba sought a sanction of only 12 months in recognition of the presence of some fault on his part (he did not seek a determination of no fault or negligence from the CAS Panel).”
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