aul Pogba has been suspended from taking part in soccer after testing optimistic for testosterone in a doping take a look at, Italy’s nationwide anti-doping tribunal confirmed on Monday.
The midfielder was examined after Juventus' 3-0 win at Udinese on August 20, a sport wherein he was an unused substitute.
Pogba's take a look at outcomes confirmed elevated ranges of testosterone, a hormone that will increase athletes’ endurance and has now been suspended as a precautionary measure.
“In acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Anti-doping Prosecutor, it has provided for the provisional suspension of the athlete Paul Labile Pogba,” NADO Italia mentioned in a press release.
The tribunal mentioned Pogba had violated anti-doping guidelines after they discovered the prohibited substance “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites”, including that the outcomes had been “consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds”.
A second take a look at pattern will now be checked earlier than Pogba might be mentioned to have failed the doping take a look at.
If the 'B' pattern is evident then your complete take a look at will likely be thought-about as adverse. Punishment for a failed drug take a look at might be as extreme as a four-year ban if doping was discovered to be intentional.
Pogba has since made transient cameos in a 1-1 draw with Bologna and the 2-0 win at Empoli, however is at present sidelined with a again damage picked up throughout latter match.
Massimiliano Allegri mentioned final week: "Pogba felt a pain in the back, we'll see what the exams say. Too bad because [his appearance] went well."
Juventus didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.
Additional reporting by Reuters.
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