Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has appealed his four-year FA doping ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Mudryk was in December 2024 provisionally suspended by the Football Association following an "adverse finding in a routine urine test".
He was handed a doping charge by the FA seven months later, in June 2025, and has since been handed a four-year ban.
Mudryk is now waiting for a hearing date after submitting an appeal in February 2026. Chelsea have declined to comment.
"CAS confirms it has received an appeal by Mykhailo Mudryk against the FA, filed on 25 February 2026," a statement from CAS to BBC Sport read.
"The parties are currently exchanging written submissions, and a hearing is yet to be scheduled."
Mudryk provided an ‘A’ sample that tested positive for performance-enhancing drug meldonium, which can increase respiratory capacity and stamina, while away on international duty with Ukraine's national team in October 2024.
Mudryk has not played for Chelsea since a UEFA Conference League match in November 2024, and in recent weeks been training alone at non-league English outfit Uxbridge FC.
When his provisional suspension was announced in December 2024, Mudryk released a statement which read: “This has come as a complete shock as I have never knowingly used any banned substances or broken any rules, and am working closely with my team to investigate how this could have happened.
“I know that I have not done anything wrong and remain hopeful that I will be back on the pitch soon. I cannot say any more now due to the confidentiality of the process, but I will as soon as I can.”
Chelsea paid £62million to sign Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2023.
That deal included performance-related add-ons that could increase the fee to as much as £89m, but Shakhtar’s chief executive, Sergei Palkin, revealed this week the Ukrainian club could lose out on £25.9m worth of bonuses if Mudryk never play sfor Chelsea again.
Standard Sport has approached the FA for comment.
