The sanction has been issued and it is not lenient towards this great football hope suspected of doping.
He has not played in an official match since November 28, 2024 – a Conference League match between Heidenheim and Chelsea. Suspended provisionally since then, Mykhailo Mudryk is far from touching the ball. The English Football Association (FA) took a strong stance against him this week.
The Ukrainian international has indeed received a four-year suspension for violating anti-doping rules, as a positive test for meldonium halted his rise in October 2024. Meldonium, a substance intended to prevent the risk of heart attacks, has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list of prohibited substances since 2016 because it is believed to enhance the performance of an oxygen-deprived organism.
An appeal lodged with the CAS
Like Maria Sharapova, who was suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in June 2016, 25-year-old Mykhailo Mudryk finds himself banned from the global sports scene at the height of his glory, only a year and a half after joining Chelsea for a fee of 70 million euros.
The young left winger has already appealed this FA suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). “The parties are currently exchanging written documents, and no hearing date has been set yet,” confirmed the jurisdiction involved via the BBC.
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