France World Cup winner suspended after positive doping result

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France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, who won the World Cup in 2018, tests positive for testosterone, set for four year suspension.

abc.net.au/news/paul-pogba-suspended-after-positive-doping-test/102843352Once considered among the top midfielders in world soccer, Paul Pogba's career risks a premature ending after the Juventus player and France international tested positive for an elevated level of testosterone.Pogba played just six times for Juventus last season due to injury and also missed the 2022 World CupItaly's anti-doping agency announced the failed drug test on Monday.

Nado Italia, the anti-doping agency, said Pogba was suspended provisionally with immediate effect. Pending a trial and testing of a backup "B" sample, he risks a suspension of up to four years.

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