Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk cleared after doping ban

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk is free to resume his professional career with immediate effect after his four-year doping suspension was lifted, ending a nearly two-year absence from the sport. The resolution was reached between the English Football Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency on July 31, 2026, based on updated scientific standards for the banned substance meldonium.

The FA stated that under current, stricter technical requirements, the low concentration of meldonium detected in Mudryk's 2024 sample would not have been reported as a positive test. Consequently, the parties agreed to resolve the ongoing appeal proceedings. As part of the agreement, the 25-year-old Ukrainian international accepted the anti-doping rule violations and a period of ineligibility equal to the time already served, approximately 18 months. The FA confirmed he is no longer banned.

Mudryk tested positive following an out-of-competition control on October 22, 2024. He was provisionally suspended that December, formally charged in May 2025, and received the four-year ban after a hearing in January 2026. He had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport prior to the resolution.