TRMykhailo Mudryk, a Ukrainian international and Chelsea winger, has been cleared to return to professional football after the Football Association (FA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) resolved his doping ban. Mudryk was initially banned for four years after testing positive for meldonium in 2024, but changes to WADA procedures mean the same result under current rules would not lead to charges. The FA stated that if the test had occurred today, the substance would not have been detected. Mudryk and the FA reached an agreement where he admitted to the violation and agreed to a period of ineligibility equivalent to time already served. He is now eligible to return to play immediately. Mudryk, who joined Chelsea in 2023 for £62 million, has not played since November 2024 and will now work under new manager Xabi Alonso.
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