Paul Pogba’s failed anti-doping result has been confirmed following further tests in Rome.\nThe Juventus midfielder was initially handed a provisional suspension by NADO (the Italian Anti-Doping Organisation) last month after he failed an anti-doping test.\nAccording to FIFA, players can be banned for two or four years, subject to appeal and a reduction or suspension, if found to have violated its anti-doping regulations, depending on whether it can be proven that the rule violation was intentional.\nNADO said that testosterone not produced by the body was detected in the sample Pogba provided...
Paul Pogba’s failed anti-doping result has been confirmed following further tests in Rome. The midfielder was initially handed a provisional suspension by NADO after he failed an anti-doping test. According to , players can be banned for two or four years, subject to appeal and a reduction or suspension, if found to have violated its anti-doping regulations, depending on whether it can be proven that the rule violation was intentional.
Once the investigation finishes, the anti-doping prosecutor’s office can either dismiss the case or refer Pogba to the Italian Olympic Committee’s National Anti-Doping Tribunal for a trial, where his potential punishment would be decided. What is a B sample? When players provide a sample, it is split into two parts which are labelled A and B. If the A sample is positive for a banned substance, the B sample is checked as a precautionary measure, which is what will happen in Pogba’s case.
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