{"id":287329,"date":"2023-09-12T08:36:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287329"},"modified":"2023-09-12T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:36:58","slug":"juventus-midfielder-paul-pogba-provisionally-suspended-for-anti-doping-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/juventus-midfielder-paul-pogba-provisionally-suspended-for-anti-doping-offence\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba provisionally suspended for anti-doping offence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Pogba looks on during the Serie A match between Empoli and Juventus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/football\/football-thumb\/football-thumb.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter <\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Football email<\/h2>\n<p>Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended by Italy\u2019s national anti-doping tribunal after returning an adverse sample.<\/p>\n<p>The France international tested positive for testosterone in a random drugs test following Juventus\u2019 Serie A game against Udinese on August 20, when he was an unused substitute.<\/p>\n<p>After the Italian anti-doping body issued a statement on Monday evening confirming Pogba\u2019s suspension, Juventus said the club would now consider \u201cthe next procedural steps\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty of doping, a suspension of between two and four years could be handed out to Pogba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuventus Football Club announces that today, September 11, 2023, the footballer Paul Labile Pogba received a precautionary suspension order from the National Anti-Doping Tribunal following the results of tests carried out on August 20, 2023,\u201d a statement from the Serie A side read.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/12\/08\/SEI171173769.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/20\/08\/969d30ea73bcfb1908891624725d482dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkyNjAxMzYy-2.73381635.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/12\/06\/d09b268305eaccd1605607b495dabf5cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk0NTY3NTg0-2.73257013.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club reserves the right to consider the next procedural steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s national anti-doping tribunal confirmed Pogba\u2019s positive sample for testosterone.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the anti-doping body read: \u201cThe National Antidoping 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 (FIGC) for the violation of articles 2.1, 2.2; prohibited substance detected: Non-endogenous testosterone metabolites (The GC\/c\/IRMS results are consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, former Manchester United midfielder Pogba said he was almost driven to walk away from football after allegedly being blackmailed by an organised crime gang.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old\u2019s brother Mathias was detained in September 2022 on suspicion of involvement in the alleged plot, which Paul Pogba claimed amounted to a bid to extort \u00a311.1million from him.<\/p>\n<p>Mathias Pogba was released in December and denies the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s tough. This life, you have to go through it. It will only make me stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pogba reported the incident to Turin prosecutors in July of last year, shortly after leaving Manchester United on a free transfer in order to rejoin Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Al Jazeera, Paul Pogba said: \u201cWhen there is money you have to be careful. Money changes people. It can break up a family. It can create a war.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Prime.svg\" width=\"129\" height=\"56\"><\/p>\n<p>Access unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Prime.svg\" width=\"129\" height=\"56\"><\/p>\n<p>Access unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I was just by myself thinking: \u2018I don\u2019t want to have money anymore. I just don\u2019t want to play anymore. I just want to be with normal people, so they will love me for me \u2013 not for the fame, not for the money.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes it\u2019s tough. This life, you have to go through it. It will only make me stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laure Beccuau, a Paris prosecutor, said the investigation was looking into allegations of \u201cblackmail by an armed gang, kidnapping and membership of a criminal conspiracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mathias Pogba is himself a professional footballer, with the 33-year-old having represented Crewe, Crawley, Wrexham and Partick Thistle, as well as the national team of Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently without a club after leaving French lower-league side Belfort in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/paul-pogba-juventus-doping-test-testosterone-b2409717.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Pogba looks on during the Serie A match between Empoli and Juventus Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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