Soccer-'Heartbroken' Pogba to appeal four-year doping ban at CAS

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Cremonese - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - May 14, 2023 Juventus' Paul Pogba during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Massimo Pinca/File Photo

(Reuters) -Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba's career hung in the balance on Thursday after he was handed a four-year doping ban but the France international said he would try to clear his name by appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The France international was provisionally suspended by a tribunal of Italy's national anti-doping organisation (NADO Italia) in September after testing positive for DHEA - a banned substance which naturally raises levels of testosterone.