CAS confirms successful appeal for Pogba: Statement released

Pogba received a reduction in his four-year doping ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week, bringing it down to 18 months. This decision now allows the former Manchester United midfielder to potentially make a comeback on the field with Juventus in March.

The CAS stated the following today in its justification: "The CAS Panel based its decision on the evidence and legal arguments that Mr Pogba 's ingestion of DHEA, the substance for which he tested positive, was not intentional."

The drug was prescribed to him by a doctor from Florida who "treated several high-level US and international athletes, was knowledgeable and was supposed to respect Mr Pogba's anti-doping obligations under the World Anti-Doping Code".

Pogba's actions were classified as gross negligence by NADO Italia, but the CAS has now disagreed and reduced the penalty.