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CNN —Paul Pogba has been suspended from soccer for four years, it was announced Thursday, after testing positive for a banned substance in August 2023, according to Reuters. The Juventus star was provisionally suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (NADO Italia) in September last year. Following the provisional ban, NADO Italia said that testosterone, which can be used to increase athletic endurance, was detected in the midfielder’s system after Juventus beat Udinese 3-0. “I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built in my professional playing career has been taken away from me. CNN has reached out to Juventus and Pogba’s agency for comment.
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CNN —France and Juventus star Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (NADO Italia) said. In a statement Monday, NADO Italia said that testosterone, which can be used to increase athletic endurance, was detected in the midfielder’s system. Juventus confirmed in a statement that Pogba had been provisionally suspended. Pogba’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, said in a statement: “We are waiting for the counter analysis and until then we cannot say anything.”“What is certain is that Paul Pogba never wanted to break the rules,” Pimenta added. In his prime, Pogba was one of the best midfielders in the world and was a key member of France’s World Cup-winning team in 2018.
Persons: Paul Pogba, NADO Italia, Pogba, Rafaela Pimenta, Pimenta, Organizations: CNN — France, Juventus, NADO, Juve, Udinese, ” Juventus, Manchester United Locations: Qatar
Sept 11 (Reuters) - Juventus's France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, Italy's national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal said on Monday. The test, performed after Juve's 3-0 Serie A season-opening victory at Udinese on Aug. 20, detected testosterone, a hormone that increases athletes' endurance. The tribunal said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance "non-endogenous testosterone metabolites", adding that the results were "consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds". The 30-year-old Pogba was an unused substitute in the win at Udinese. If found guilty of doping, Pogba could be suspended for between two and four years.
Persons: Paul Pogba, Paul Labile Pogba, Italia, Pogba, Mathias, Paul, Al Jazeera, Tommy Lund, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Juventus's, Udinese, National, Juventus, Juve, Manchester United, France, Empoli, Thomson Locations: Juventus's France, Italia, Turin, Qatar, Paris
May 4 (Reuters) - Napoli clinched the Serie A title on Thursday with five games to spare as they ended a 33-year drought stretching back to when Diego Maradona led them to the Scudetto in 1990. At the start of the season it would have been difficult to envisage Napoli becoming champions ahead of heavyweights such as Juventus and the two Milan clubs not to mention AS Roma. But after an exceptional transfer window and with Luciano Spalletti at the helm, Napoli dominated the title race while their main rivals all suffered slumps during the season. CONTENDERS FALTERAs Napoli surged ahead, suffering just one loss by the end of February, the other title contenders withered away as injuries plagued their squads. But Maurizio Sarri's side could only watch as Napoli became the fourth different team to win Serie A in as many years.
Juve lack attacking options for Inter clash, says Allegri
  + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
March 18 (Reuters) - Juventus could be without Angel Di Maria and Federico Chiesa for Sunday's Serie A match at Inter Milan as the Turin club battles a growing injury list, manager Massimiliano Allegri said. Both have struggled with injuries this season and Allegri said on Saturday they could join Leonardo Bonucci, Alex Sandro, Arkadiusz Milik and Paul Pogba as injury absentees. Moise Kean is also suspended after he was sent off in their 1-0 loss against AS Roma earlier this month. We don’t have options up front without Kean and Milik, we have (Matias) Soule but only (Dusan) Vlahovic as a starting striker," Allegri said. "It’s important and difficult in Milan because six-pointers are always difficult to play," Allegri added.
A flopped NFT project promoted by Juventus soccer player Paul Pogba has plunged one investor deep into debt. "The main reason we invested was Pogba," he said, referring to the NFT collection CryptoDragons that's plunged in value since its inception. I'm just working, working, working," Kurnaz said. "The main reason we invested was Pogba," Kurnaz said. Pogba isn't the only Premier League player to have promoted a NFT collection that has ended up in the dumps.
Chelsea had been in talks to sign the World Cup winner throughout January, but Benfica had refused to do business unless the Blues paid his €120m release clause. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChelsea have signed midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a British-record £106.8m. The deal for the Argentine surpasses the £100m Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa 18 months ago. But Chelsea agreed a deal of €121m at 9.15pm on Deadline Day after 12 hours of talks led by Chelsea's co-owner Behdad Eghbali from London. Fernandez will help to replace Jorginho, who joined Chelsea's London rivals Arsenal on Deadline Day in a £12m deal.
Islamic fintech startup Wahed has opened its first physical branch on Baker Street in London. An investing platform backed by the likes of oil giant Saudi Aramco and French soccer player Paul Pogba is launching a novel proposition in the U.K.: a physical branch and bank accounts backed by gold. It is located on Baker Street in central London, just opposite a branch of U.K. banking giant HSBC. "In the United Kingdom, [the Muslim community is] actually one of the lowest socio-economic segments of the country," Wahed's boss said, with "low incomes or financial literacy." "I think it really fits with the Muslim community and what their needs are," Wahedna said.
French hearts are broken but future looks bright
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Mbappe, who turns 24 on Tuesday, netted all three French goals, taking his tally from two World Cups to 12. "Potentially, this France team has an important reservoir of talents," said Deschamps. "We'll always need experienced team leaders to groom the young players but the reservoir is big." "Some players have been in the Euro 2016 final, won the 2018 World Cup, they bring their experience. "We have to keep this France team at this level, with the best players on the world and European stage."
DOHA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - All eyes will be on Kylian Mbappe once again as France take on England in a mouthwatering World Cup quarter-final clash but the defending champions must hope their lack of options from the bench will not be exposed on Saturday. WALKER v MBAPPEOne of the strengths that has emerged through the tournament is England’s depth. Their tally of 12 goals – equalling their World Cup best set from three more matches in 2018 – has been achieved via eight players. While the goalscorers grab the headlines, Southgate made sure he complimented his defenders after the last 16 match as his side chalked up a third successive World Cup clean sheet for the first time in 20 years. One thing that should be a given is that England will not be overawed by the occasion after their recent runs to the last four of the 2018 World Cup and final of Euro 2020.
CNN —We are waiting on two teams to qualify for the World Cup quarterfinals, but six have already booked their places in the last eight. ETWhere: Education City StadiumAccording to Opta, Croatia has a 2.86% chance of winning the World Cup. But this team looks like it could be the first since 2002 to bring the World Cup trophy back to its spiritual home. ETWhere: Al Bayt StadiumAccording to Opta, England has a 18.83% chance of winning the World Cup. Which begs the question: is this the best England team since 1966, when it last won thee World?
CNN —France was made to work hard for its place in the World Cup quarterfinals, overcoming an improved Poland side 3-1 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappé. That is Mbappé’s fifth goal of Qatar 2022 and already his ninth World Cup goal overall, breaking Pelé’s record of seven World Cup goals scored before the age of 24. They made history Thursday as the first all-female refereeing crew for a men's World Cup match. Issei Kato/Reuters Kylian Mbappé scores his second goal on November 26, leading France to a 2-1 victory over Denmark. Mbappé was one of the leading stars of the team's World Cup triumph four years ago.
DOHA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - France midfielder Adrien Rabiot is enjoying quite the renaissance at the World Cup, four years after refusing to be called up as a reserve player for the tournament in Russia. He made an instant impact on Tuesday, scoring the first and setting up France's second goal in their 4-1 comeback win against Australia. Rabiot's influence on the side was comparable to that of Paul Pogba, who he is effectively replacing in the starting line-up after his Juventus team mate was ruled out injured. After rediscovering his form at Juve this season, Rabiot completed his redemption story in spectacular fashion on Tuesday on football's biggest stage. However, after Tuesday's performance Deschamps would be reluctant to deprive the team of Rabiot's assets further up the pitch.
World Cup guide: Teams and players to watch
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Doha, Qatar CNN —In just over 24 hours, Qatar 2022 will burst into life as the host nation takes on Ecuador in the opening game of the World Cup. Tournament favoritesOnly eight nations have ever won the men’s World Cup, many of which are among the favorites this time around. After being knocked out by England in the Euro 2020 semifinals, the team waltzed through World Cup qualification, winning nine of its 10 matches and conceding only three goals. In addition to making its World Cup debut, Qatar is a relatively unknown quantity with most of its players spending their careers in the nation’s top league. He will be an important player in Japan’s World Cup campaign and has already been dubbed the ‘Japanese Lionel Messi’ back home.
France coach Deschamps decides not to replace Benzema
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
DOHA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - France coach Didier Deschamps has decided not to replace injured striker Karim Benzema in his World Cup squad, leaving the reigning champions with 25 players for their title defence. Asked on Sunday by TeleFoot whether he would replace the Ballon d'Or winner in his squad, Deschamps said "No". Benzema was the second French player to join the casualty list in less than a week after forward Christopher Nkunku was injured in a training session and replaced in the squad by Randal Kolo Muani. Influential midfielders Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante were ruled out of the tournament by injury before Deschamps named his squad. "Of course, it is bad news for France, and we feel like we're cursed, because it's just player after player out, and then it ends up with Karim Benzema being hurt during training," Parisian fan Samuel Pautrat said.
France striker Benzema out of World Cup with injury
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Nov 19 (Reuters) - France striker Karim Benzema has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar after suffering an injury in training, the French football federation said on Saturday. The Ballon d'Or winner, who has been struggling with a muscle problem, was forced to leave defending champions France's training session earlier on Saturday. "I am extremely sad for Karim who had made this World Cup a major objective. France, already without influential midfielders Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante because of injury, open their campaign against Australia in Group D on Tuesday. Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Inter will need to be on top form to beat Juve, says Inzaghi
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Inter Milan will need to show character to beat a Juventus side stung by their Champions League exit, manager Simone Inzaghi said on Saturday. Eighth-placed Juve trail sixth-placed Inter by just two points, with both sides in need of win in Turin on Sunday to stay on the trail of leaders Napoli. Inter and Juve head into the game on the back of contrasting Champions League group-stage campaigns. "We know that it is a team which has been knocked out of the Champions League, they will be even more dangerous," Inzaghi told reporters. Inzaghi said Inter and Juve share some similarities, as both sides are recovering from a poor start to the season and have won four out of their last five Serie A matches.
CNN —Son Heung-Min’s hopes of playing at the World Cup later this month are in doubt after Tottenham confirmed the South Korean star will need surgery on a fracture around his left eye. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during Tottenham’s Champions League win against Marseille on Tuesday and now faces a race to be fit for Qatar 2022 which starts on November 20. “We can confirm that Heung-Min Son will undergo surgery to stabilise a fracture around his left eye,” Tottenham said in a statement on Wednesday. Kevin De Bruyne suffered a fractured eye while playing for Manchester City in the 2021 Champions League final and was back playing for Belgium at the European Championships within 21 days. South Korea begins its World Cup campaign against Uruguay on November 24 and will be desperate for its captain and best player to be fit in time.
Nov 14 (Reuters) - Following is a list of players who have been ruled out or are doubtful for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 World Cup through injury. The 29-year-old resumed training but on Oct. 31 his agent said the midfielder would not return to action for Juventus nor the world champions before the World Cup. PEDRO NETO (PORTUGAL)The 22-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers winger will undergo surgery on an ankle injury sustained against West Ham United in October. BOUBACAR KAMARA (FRANCE)The Aston Villa midfielder suffered a knee ligament injury in September that will keep him out until after the World Cup. SADIO MANE (SENEGAL)Sadio Mane has been named in Senegal's squad for the World Cup despite suffering an injury playing for Bayern Munich.
Factbox: World Cup 2022: guide to groups in FIFA tournament
  + stars: | 2022-04-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/3] People take pictures with the international flags on Flag Plaza zone ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Doha, Qatar November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshDec 3 (Reuters) - Following are the eight groups for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Qatar from Nov. 20-Dec. 18. WHAT IS THE FORMAT FOR THE GROUP AND KNOCKOUT STAGES AT WORLD CUP 2022? The Dutch, who are seeking their first World Cup title, failed to qualify for the last edition in Russia four years ago. GROUP F: BELGIUM, CANADA, MOROCCO, CROATIA* Morocco beat Belgium and Canada to finish group winners.
Ce lovitură vor să dea parizienii, după Hakimi, Wijnaldum, Donnarumma și RamosPSG vrea să dea lovitură după lovitură în această perioadă de mercato. După Hakimi și Wijnaldum, se pregătesc să fie anunțați și Gianluigi Donnarumma, dar și Sergio Ramos. Șefii parizieni nu se opresc aici, după ce în sezonul precedent au ratat titlul și Liga Campionilor. Potrviti Transfermarkt, Pogba a intrat în ultimul an de contract cu Manchester United. 42 de meciuri a bifat Pogba în sezonul precedent pentru Manchester United, reușind să înscrie de șase ori și să ofere zece pase decisive.
Persons: Ramos PSG, Sergio Ramos, Paul Pogba, Pogba Organizations: Liga Campionilor, Potrviti, Manchester United Locations: Wijnaldum, Donnarumma, Paris, Franței
Franța, campioana mondială en-titre, a fost eliminată de Elveția la penalty-uri în faza optimilor de finală. Echipa din Țara Cantoanelor a ratat un penalty, prin Ricardo Rodriguez și a fost taxată imediat. În minutul 81, Elveția a redus din diferență prin același Seferovic, iar în minutul 90 a egalat prin Mario Gavranovic. De menționat că, în prima repriză a meciului de la București, un suporter îmbrăcat în tricoul naționalei Moldovei a pătruns pe teren. În scurt timp, el a fost pus la pământ de un steward, iar partida a fost reluată fără incidente.
Persons: -, Ricardo Rodriguez, Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, Mario Gavranovic, Kylian Mbappe, Pedri, Pablo Sarabia, Cesar Azpilicueta, Torres, Mislav, Mario Pasalic, Alvaro Morata, Mikel Oyarzabal Organizations: Arena, Moldovei, Euro Locations: Franța, - titre, Elveția, București, Țara, Copenhaga, Spania, Croația, Sankt - Petersburg
Astfel, după ce și campioana europeană en-titre, Portugalia, a plecat acasă după optimi, acum a venit rândul campioanei mondiale. Francezii au continuat să domine teritorial și să își creeze ocazii prin Mbappe și Rabiot, fără să izbutească să egaleze înainte de pauză. Lloris anticipează colțul și reușește să apere lovitura. Repriza secundă de prelungiri nu a mai adus faze de poartă consistente și meciul a ajuns la lovituri de departajare. A patra și ultima partidă jucată la București s-a încheiat cu victoria Elveției, care a marcat toate cele 5 lovituri de departajare, în timp de vedeta francezilor, Mbappe, a ratat ultima execuție, trimițând Franța acasă.
Persons: Steven Zuber, Ricardo Rodriguez . Lloris, Benzema, Ronaldo, Yann Sommer, Kevin Mbabu, Mario Gavranovic, Kingsley Coman, Benjamin Pavard Organizations: Naționale, EURO, Mediafax Locations: Elveției, Franței, - titre, Portugalia, Elveția, Mbappe, Franța, România, București
Sursa foto: Getty ImagesCe mesaj i-a transmis Pele lui Mbappe, după ce starul lui PSG a ratat penalty-ul decisiv cu Elveția și Franța a plecat acasăCampioana mondială Franța a fost eliminată în optimile EURO 2020, după 3-3, 4-5 la penalty-uri cu Elveția, într-un meci disputat pe Arena Națională din București. Superstarul Kylian Mbappe a avut o evoluție ștearsă pe durata partidei și a ratat penalty-ul decisiv. Legendarul Pele a postat azi, pe rețelele sociale, un mesaj de încurajare pentru tânărul de 22 de ani. Campioana mondială Franţa a fost eliminată de Elveţia, cu 5-4, la loviturile de departajare, pe Arena Naţională din Bucureşti, în optimile de finală ale EURO 2020, într-un meci în care scorul a fost 3-3 după prelungiri. Seria de invincibilitate a Franţei a ajuns la 20 de partide consecutive (eşecul la penalty-uri nu este luat în considerare).
Persons: Pele, Mbappe, PSG, Superstarul, Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, Mario, Fabian Schaer, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Vargas, Admir, Olivier Giroud, Marcus Thuram Organizations: Arena, din, Arena Naţională, EURO, Franţa Locations: Elveția, Franța, din București, Franţa, Elveţia, Bucureşti
Laporta, mutare-bombă: Zidane l-a vrut cu disperareJoan Laporta a dat startul revoluţiei din noul mandat de la FC Barcelona. Unul dintre numele de pe lista lui Laporta e o surpriză, un transfer-bombă, la care şeful catalanilor lucrează în secret. Diario Gol scrie că Joan Laporta lucrează în continuare la perfecţionarea lotului şi mai vrea încă nu mai puţin de patru jucători. ", a anunţat Joan Laporta într-un interviu acordat La Vanguardia. Potrivit sursei citate, Joan Laporta vrea să profite de interesul lui United pentru Dembele, care rămâne şi el fără contract în 2022, şi să-l utilizeze ca monedă de schimb.
Persons: Zidane, Joan Laporta, Sergio aguero, Eric Garcia, Emerson, Paul Pogba, Pogba Organizations: Barcelona, FC Barcelona, Nou, Manchester United, Trafford, United, Old, Europa League, Ligii Angliei Locations: Memphis, Barcelona, Vanguardia, Old Trafford, Europa
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