Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk drugs ban explained: What is meldonium and what punishments could he face?

Mykhailo Mudryk is among Chelsea’s most expensive signings — a player who once represented the club’s ambitious direction of travel in the post-Roman Abramovich era. But less than two years after his £62million ($78.9m) signing from Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. Both Chelsea…

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Ratcliffe’s brand of ruthless ambition risks more Man United errors like Ashworth’s short reign

If you were feeling extremely generous, or if your instinct was to regard billionaires with an awe-struck reverence, you might look at the latest news out of Old Trafford and persuade yourself that Sir Jim Ratcliffe is bringing back the ruthlessness that Manchester United have lost. Hiring Dan Ashworth — “clearly one of the top…

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