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Mamadou Sakho: Defender accepts 'substantial' damages from Wada

Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho has accepted "substantial" damages from the World Anti-Doping Agency over allegations he took banned performance-enhancing drugs.

Sakho was briefly suspended in 2016 after testing positive for a fat-burning substance called higenamine.

But Uefa cleared him when it found that higenamine was not banned by Wada.

On Wednesday Wada's lawyer said the agency "accepts it should not have made the defamatory allegations it did".

Sakho, who missed the Europa League final against Sevilla as a result of the ban, was tested after a Europa League game against Manchester United that March while playing for Liverpool.