Sports latest anti-doping scandals: Paul Pogba and Simona Halep provisionally banned from playing

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The latest sports doping scandals have emerged including a football World Cup winner and a women’s Wimbledon winner and former world number one. We take a look at the ongoing investigations into these players and how the world of sport are reacting.

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00:00 French World Cup winning midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing

00:07 after testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone in a drug test.

00:12 Italian journalist Fabiana Della Vale speculates that Pogba's raised testosterone levels may

00:18 have been caused by a supplement he took by mistake, administered by his personal doctor

00:23 in America, while Juventus are said to be in the dark about the situation.

00:29 Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been banned for four years following breaches

00:34 of the tennis anti-doping programme.

00:37 The former Wimbledon winner said in a statement that she intends to appeal the decision.

00:43 Halep tested positive for the use of Roxidust at last year's US Open.

00:48 She has won 24 tour singles titles and earned £32.2 million in prize money and was ranked

00:54 world number one in 2017 and 2018.

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