Enzo Maresca has said that Chelsea believe Mykhailo Mudryk is innocent following his positive drugs test and will continue to "support" the player. Mudryk and Chelsea released statements on Tuesday confirming that the FA had been in contact over the Ukraine winger supplying an adverse urine sample,

Former Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova had been the most high-profile case of an athlete being banned for using meldonium. A failed drugs test at the 2016 Australian Open led to a two-year ban issued by the International Tennis Federation, with Sharapova accepting she had made “a huge mistake” in taking the substance.

Enzo Maresca says Chelsea “trust” Mykhailo Mudryk after his failed drugs test. It emerged on Tuesday that Mudryk tested positive for a banned substance after an “adverse finding in a routine urine test”. Mudryk denies knowingly using any banned substance and has vowed to prove his innocence.