Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba has been
provisionally suspended after a doping control detected the banned substance
testosterone, Italian anti-doping authorities told AFP on Monday.
“The National Anti-doping Tribunal informs that, in
acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Antidoping Prosecutor, it
has provided for the provisional suspension of the athlete Paul Labile Pogba,”
NADO said in a statement to AFP.
NADO said the “prohibited substance detected: Non-endogenous
testosterone metabolites”, was consistent with a doping infringement.
The Italian press reported that the doping test was carried
out on the opening day of the Italian Serie A season, a 3-0 win at Udinese on
August 20, during which the 30-year-old was an unused substitute.
The test concerns the ‘A’ sample, and if the ‘B’ sample also
tests positive for testosterone Pogba could face a four-year ban.
NADO sent a statement Monday to clarify reports from earlier
in the day in the Italian press regarding Pogba, who was hoping to play for
Juventus against Lazio this weekend.
Pogba was a star player in France’s 2018 World Cup triumph
but had an awful 2022-2023 season blighted by injury and a blackmail affair.
He played just ten games for Juventus that season and missed
the 2022 World Cup with France.
AFP
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