Paul Pogba could face ban of up to four years after failing drug test in Italy

PROVISIONALLY SUSPENDED: Midfielder Paul Pogba could face a lengthy ban. (LaPresse via AP)

Paul Pogba could face a ban of up to four years after failing a drug test. Reports in Italy claim that the France international tested positive for testosterone in a random drug test following Juventus’s Serie A game against Udinese on 20 August, when he was an unused substitute.

Elevated levels of testosterone were reported to have been found, which means Pogba’s second sample would also need to be checked. Pogba has been provisionally suspended by the Italian anti-doping authority (NADO).