Italian anti-drug prosecutor seeks maximum four-year sentence for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba after World Cup winner He tested positive for testosterone.
A four-year ban is standard under the World Anti-Doping Act, but can be reduced in cases where athletes may prove to be inadvertently taking their medication if a positive test results are a transmission. Disease or if they cooperate in the investigation.
The midfielder asked for another test, but the results were positive.
It turns out that DHEA is a substance found in both samples that helps the body produce other hormones, such as testosterone.
Pogba did not comment publicly on the case.