Simona Halep, the former Wimbledon and French Open champion, had her earlier this week after a successful appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport . It was a decision that effectively saved her career. One interested observer of the Halep case will have been the and midfielder footballer Paul Pogba. On February 29, , the Italian Anti-Doping Organisation, following a failed anti-doping test. He called the decision “incorrect” and plans to appeal to CAS.
are signatories, is the definitive anti-doping rulebook. The substance in question was DHEA , a steroid precursor. ’s guidelines for suspensions of players who violate its anti-doping regulations , depending on whether it can be proven that the rule violation was intentional. Pogba in action for Juventus at Empoli in September Pogba, who is under contract at Juventus until the summer of 2026, confirmed he would appeal the decision at CAS. “I have today been informed of the Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping’s decision and believe that the verdict is incorrect,” Pogba said in a statement.
Anti-Doping Report 2023 published ⚽️ ✍️ 👉 — CIES Macedonia midfielder Arijan Ademi had better luck in 2017 when his four-year ban was reduced by two years at CAS. He had tested positive for an anabolic steroid, stanozolol, following Dinamo Zagreb’s 2-1 Champions League win over in September 2015.