{"id":638638,"date":"2026-04-29T14:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638638\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:52:08","slug":"mykhailo-mudryk-chelsea-player-takes-drugs-ban-appeal-to-court-of-arbitration-for-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638638\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykhailo Mudryk: Chelsea player takes drugs ban appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> winger Mykhailo Mudryk has taken his fight against a Football Association drugs ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.<\/p>\n

The Ukraine international, 25, has not played for nearly 18 months after an “adverse finding in a routine urine test” led to his provisional suspension in December 2024. <\/p>\n

The FA charged Mudryk in June 2025 but has not disclosed whether the player has been issued with a full ban or if he is still serving a provisional suspension.<\/p>\n

“Cas confirms it has received an appeal by Mykhailo Mudryk against the FA, filed on 25 February 2026,” the Switzerland-based court told BBC Sport. <\/p>\n

“The parties are currently exchanging written submissions, and a hearing is yet to be scheduled.”<\/p>\n

The BBC understands Mudryk came into contact with the cardiovascular medication meldonium,<\/a> which can increase respiratory capacity and stamina, while on duty with the Ukraine national team in October 2024.<\/p>\n

Mudryk, who joined Chelsea<\/a> for an initial \u20ac70m (\u00a361m) in January 2023,<\/a> has not played a competitive match since November 2024.<\/p>\n

In his only public statement, when his provisional suspension began, Mudryk described his “complete shock” and said he had “never knowingly used any banned substances or broken any rules”.<\/p>\n

Mudryk is being represented by Morgan Sports Law,<\/a> the firm who worked with former Manchester United<\/a> midfielder Paul Pogba during his doping case while playing for Juventus, as well as boxer Tyson Fury and cyclist Chris Froome during their respective investigations.<\/p>\n

He is understood to want to return to football this year and is keeping fit by training at non-league Uxbridge FC with a private coach, having hired goalkeepers to work with.<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a>, the FA and Mudryk’s lawyers have been contacted for further comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has taken his fight against a Football Association drugs ban to the Court of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-638638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}