{"id":856536,"date":"2025-06-19T06:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/mudryk-faces-up-to-4-year-ban-after-doping-charge\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T06:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:12:11","slug":"mudryk-faces-up-to-4-year-ban-after-doping-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/mudryk-faces-up-to-4-year-ban-after-doping-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudryk faces up to 4-year ban after doping charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div data-video=\"watch,640,360,45536494\" data-cerebro-id=\"68528acbdbbdab7ea938633d\" data-title=\"Will Maresca be able to balance Premier League &#038; UCL with Chelsea?\" data-source=\"espn\"><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p><span>Will Maresca be able to balance Premier League &#038; UCL with Chelsea? (2:16)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blue Lions TV&#8221; analyses Chelsea&#8217;s hopes for the upcoming Premier League season. (2:16)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/espn_generic_m.jpg&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop\" alt width=\"40\" height=\"40\"><\/p>\n<p>James Olley<span>Jun 18, 2025, 12:34 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"8b020a9d-1474-3439-9b1b-f9b122058d63\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/299911\/mykhailo-mudryk\">Mykhailo Mudryk<\/a> is facing a potential ban of up to four years after the Football Association charged the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c43a00b9-2826-72b3-77a0-62730abc936e\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=363\">Chelsea<\/a> winger with a doping offence.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/43019049\/chelsea-confirm-fa-contact-mykhailo-mudryk-adverse-urine-sample\">provisionally suspended in December<\/a> having tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance named meldonium.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues were awaiting the results of a &#8216;B&#8217; sample test to support or contradict the initial &#8216;A&#8217; results and the FA announced on Wednesday that the Ukrainian winger now faces potential further punishment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations alleging the presence and\/or use of a prohibited substance, in terms of Regulations 3 and 4 of The FA&#8217;s Anti-Doping Regulations,&#8221; said the FA in a statement. &#8220;As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea declined to comment on the FA&#8217;s latest action. Guidelines suggest Mudryk could now face a lengthy suspension despite the player previously denying knowingly breaking any rules.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told ESPN that the drug was likely administered while he was outside of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after his initial suspension became public knowledge in December, Mudryk wrote on Instagram that &#8220;this has come as a complete shock as I have never knowingly used any banned substances or broken any rules, and am working closely with my team to investigate how this could have happened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know that I have not done anything wrong and remain hopeful that I will be back on the pitch soon. I cannot say any more now due to the confidentiality of the process, but I will as soon as I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/45538704\/chelsea-mykhailo-mudryk-ban-doping-offence-charge-fa\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> James Olley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Maresca be able to balance Premier League &amp; UCL with Chelsea? (2:16) &#8220;Blue Lions TV&#8221; analyses Chelsea&#8217;s hopes for the upcoming Premier League season. 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