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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mykhailo Mudryk could face four-year ban after FA charge over failed drug test

Mykhailo Mudryk
Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk has not played since last November. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk could face a lengthy ban after being charged by the Football Association with doping offences. Under FA regulations the winger could be banned for as long as four years after providing a positive A sample last year. It is believed the banned performance-enhancing substance meldonium was found in Mudryk’s system.

The Ukraine international has not played since last November and was provisionally suspended while he and Chelsea waited for the results of a B sample.

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