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Deschamps delight as 'light back on' for Pogba after doping ban

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Paul Pogba prays before a past match.[AFP]

France coach Didier Deschamps on Monday welcomed the news that there was light at the end of the tunnel for midfielder Paul Pogba after a doping ban.

On Friday, French international Pogba learned that his four-year ban for doping had been reduced to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

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