The Ukrainian winger Mykhailo Mudryk has had his four-year doping ban overturned with immediate effect after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

A trace amount of meldonium, a prohibited substance, was detected in Mudryk’s sample in 2024. While his suspension stood at the time, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s updated regulations now mean such findings would no longer trigger disciplinary proceedings.

Regulatory changes have since redefined the threshold for meldonium violations, rendering Mudryk’s case non-actionable under current rules. The Football Association confirmed that if the same circumstances arose today, the result would not have been reported and no anti-doping breach would have been recorded.

By Yacouba Ouédraogo — Investigative journalist