Sakho's provisional suspension for doping offence lifted by UEFA - L'Equipe


Football Soccer - Watford v Liverpool - Barclays Premier League - Vicarage Road - 20/12/15Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - France and Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho will be cleared to resume playing after European football's governing body UEFA decided not to extend a provisional suspension for a doping violation, French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Saturday.

The decision could allow the 26-year-old to be named as a late addition to the French squad for Euro 2016 after coach Didier Deschamps lost defender Jeremy Mathieu on Saturday because of a calf injury.

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