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The Frenchman failed an initial test last August for the compound DHEA. Unfortunately, his B sample also came back positive and he has now received an official verdict. Italy?s national anti-doping tribunal (NADO) handed Paul Pogba a four-year ban from competitive football for failing a doping test in August 2023. He tested positive for the compound DHEA ? or Dehydroepiandrosterone ? which is ?a hormone that your body produces in the adrenal gland and helps produce other hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen.?
?I have today been informed of the Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping?s decision and believe that the verdict is incorrect. I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built in my professional playing career has been taken away from me.? ? Paul Pogba Pogba requested a counter-analysis (B sample) in the hopes that it would overturn the validity of the first test. Unfortunately, that test also came back positive in October 2023. Today?s news is the official verdict that Pogba receives as a result of his doping violation.
?When I am free of legal restrictions the full story will become clear, but I have never knowingly or deliberately taken any supplements that violate anti-doping regulations. As a professional athlete I would never do anything to enhance my performance by using banned substances and have never disrespected or cheated fellow athletes and supporters of any of the te...