Doping regulations

The Football Association: Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by the Football Association (FA) with a doping offence and now faces a potential ban for as long as up to four years.

Mudryk was provisionally suspended in November 2024 after failing a doping test. The Football Association contacted Chelsea on ‘an adverse finding in a routine urine test'. The substance found in his ‘A’ sample was reported to be Meldonium, a performance-enhancing drug that was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited list on January 1, 2016.

"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’s Anti-Doping Regulations. As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time,” a spokesperson of the FA told Telegraph Sport.