Soccer Football - Europa League - Semi Final - First Leg - Juventus v Sevilla - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - May 11, 2023 Juventus' Paul Pogba reacts REUTERS/Massimo Pinca/ File photo
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's sports prosecutors have requested a 4-year ban for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba over doping allegations, sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport and other Italian media reported on Thursday.
Pogba was suspended in September after a test by Italy's national anti-doping organisation detected testosterone, a hormone that increases athletes' endurance, after Juve's 3-0 Serie A season-opening victory at Udinese on Aug. 20.
His positive doping test was confirmed in a counter-analysis on a second sample in October.
(Reporting by Elvira Pollina, writing by Angelo Amante, editing by Gavin Jones)
