Paul Pogba has had his four-year ban for doping reduced to 18 months after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The ruling means the France World

Paul Pogba says his "nightmare is over" after his four-year ban for a doping offence was reduced to 18 months following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

Pogba tested positive for testosterone in August 2023.

The Juventus and France midfielder could be playing again by March

Paul Pogba's doping suspension has been reduced from four years to 18 months after an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. This decision allows the French midfielder to return to Juventus by March 2025, earlier than the initial August 2027 ban.

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has taken to social media in reaction to the Court of Arbitration, CAS, decision to reduce his doping ban from four years

The Juventus midfielder, formerly the world's most expensive player when joining Manchester United for £89million and a World Cup winner with France, has always maintained he had inadvertently taken DHEA

CAS has now halved the suspension, allowing Pogba to resume training with Juventus in January 2025 and return to competitive action in March

The World Cup winner, now 31, has seen his four-year ban for a failed drugs test reduced to 18 months after an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

The Juventus midfielder was sanctioned in March, having been provisionally suspended in September last year, after testing positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).

Manchester United news as Paul Pogba receives a huge boost in his return to football after over a year out

PARIS :French soccer player Paul Pogba’s doping suspension has been cut from four years to 18 months, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday."The suspension is now 18 months, starting Sept. 11, 2023," CAS director general Matthieu Reeb told Reuters.The France international was provis

Former Man Utd midfielder Paul Pogba could return to football this year after a shock decision in his appeal against a four-year doping ban.