Mamadou Sakho, the ex-captain of PSG, has just won this Wednesday afternoon, a legal fight that began four years ago.
In April 2016, while in Liverpool, the central defender was suspended for 30 days by UEFA for a positive doping control after a match against Manchester United (March 17, 2016).
This sanction had cost him the Euro with the Blues, and he claimed 14.5 million euros in damages from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
According to information from
The Athletic
, the agency would have agreed to pay him a very large sum while settling his legal costs.
At the public hearing held in the early afternoon in London, WADA admitted its wrongs.
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WADA admits that it should not have made the defamatory allegations it made in the first press release and the second press release given that Mr Sakho had been acquitted by UEFA.
WADA admits that Mr Sakho did not violate UEFA anti-doping regulations, cheat or have any intention of profiting from what he did and showed good faith .
WADA regrets the damage caused to Mr. Sakho by his defamatory remarks concerning his reputation and the distress, embarrassment and pain caused
”, we can read.
The best of Sakho at Paris Saint-Germain (2007-2013)
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