New Delhi, April 29 -- Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has taken his fight against a four-year Football Association (FA) ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The 25-year-old Ukraine international lodged the appeal, raising fresh hopes he could return to action as early as next season.

The ban follows an adverse finding from a routine urine test that triggered a provisional suspension back in December 2024. Mudryk was formally charged in June 2025 and handed the maximum four-year punishment. In most cases like this, the ban is backdated to the start of the provisional suspension, pointing to a possible return around December 2028. But the CAS appeal could change everything.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a short sta...