Players Who Have Been Caught For Doping

From Maradona to Pogba, here are athletes which were caught for doping

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In February 2024, Italy's anti-doping tribunal imposed a four-year football ban on Paul Pogba.

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Lance Armstrong, the cyclist, was handed a lifetime ban and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

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Maria Sharapova confessed in March 2016 to failing a doping test for a prohibited substance.

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Canadian athlete Ben Johnson faced a lifetime ban in 2003 due to elevated testosterone levels.

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Diego Maradona encountered three failed drug tests throughout his career, resulting in his expulsion from the 1994 World Cup for one of them.

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Two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep received a four-year ban after testing positive for Roxadustat.

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American sprinter Justin Gatlin faced an eight-year ban in 2006 following a second failed drug test.

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Tennis legend Andre Agassi was suspended for three months after testing positive for methamphetamine use.

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