Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk's failed drugs test is for the 'Soviet super-soldiers' substance that earned Maria Sharapova a two-year ban - as £88m Ukraine winger fights for his career The substance behind Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk's failed drugs test that has resulted in a provisional suspension being issued by the Football Association has been revealed.
The substance is the same drug that former Russian tennis star and multiple Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova previously used and a positive test resulted in her being banned for two years in 2016.
Mail Sport can now reveal that the banned substance meldonium is believed to be behind Mudryk's failed test with reports in Ukraine understood to be correct.
The substance is the same drug that former Russian tennis star and multiple Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova was previously banned for.
Mudryk's playing future was thrust into uncertainty on Tuesday morning after he was notified of a positive drugs test by the FA that has seen him unavailable for selection due to a suspected adverse analytical finding.
