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.

Paul Pogba's four-year ban for a doping offence has been reduced to 18 months after winning his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

The Juventus and France midfielder could be playing again by March

Pogba tested positive for testosterone in August 2023.

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

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

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

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