Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk can return to playing immediately after the English Football Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency "resolved his appeal" against a ban for failing a doping test.
The Ukrainian was suspended for four years after failing a drug test which revealed the presence of a low concentration of meldonium, a prohibited substance, in 2024.
Mudryk filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport while changes to WADA procedures in the interim mean that had his failed test produced the same result now, charges would not have been brought.
Mykhailo Mudryk was originally suspended for four years but, after two years, is now free to return to playing. Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images "Changes have been made... which, while not retroactive, mean that if Mr Mudryk's sample was collected today, the concentration of meldonium in the sample would not have been reported and no anti-doping rule violations would have resulted," the FA said on Friday.
The FA said that Mudryk "may return to competition with immediate effect" after accepting the charges and the period of ineligibility he had already served.
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Mudryk signed with Chelsea in 2023 for €100 million ($115m / £86m) for 8 1/2 years to 2031.
Mudryk said the suspension had been the "most difficult period of my career" and that he was "grateful" to be able to return.
"I am grateful that this process has reached a conclusion, that I have been cleared to return to football and that I can now look ahead to my future," he added in a post on social media.
Chelsea welcomed the decision and said they will support the 25-year-old's "reintegration into the squad" while "helping him resume his career."
"We have always supported Misha throughout this process while fully respecting the integrity of the anti-doping system and the legal process," the club's statement added.
PA contributed to this report.