Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced to 18 months the four-year ban for doping of French international footballer Paul Pogba
A spokesperson from CAS said on Friday “I can confirm the decision: an 18-month suspension with effect from 11 September 2023. The reasons for the decision will follow later”
Pogba, who is under contract with Juventus until 2026, will be able to return to competitive football from March 11 next year, four days before his 32nd birthday.
Recall Pogba tested positive for testosterone in August 2023 after a match between Juventus and Udinese.
He was provisionally suspended in September of the same year, and then banned for four years by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal the following February