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There is a little more than seven months left before the opening of the 2020 Olympics, and, once again, Russia is bracing for yet another potentially severe punishment after yet another accusation of state-sponsored, performance-enhancing, sports-tainting doping malfeasance. The short-term athletic fate of hundreds of Russian competitors and sports officials is set to be decided Monday, when the executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency meets in Lausanne, Switzerland, to decide whether to approve a set of punishments recommended by its compliance group. The most serious of those penalties: a four-year ban from global sports for Russian athletes and teams. Sound familiar? It should. For the better part of a decade, drama linked to Russia’s broad doping apparatus has cast a dark shadow of doubt over some of the world’s biggest sports competitions. Every time it feels as if the scandal might wane, it starts up again. For some people, then, the swift stream of … [Read more...] about Will Russia Be Thrown Out of the Olympics Today? Here’s All You Need to Know

MOSCOW: Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on Monday after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA spokesman said. WADA's executive committee took the decision after it concluded that Moscow had tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. The WADA committee's decision to punish Russia with a ban was unanimous, the spokesman said. Russia, which has tried to showcase itself as a global sports power, has been embroiled in doping scandals since a 2015 report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping in Russian athletics. Its doping woes have grown since, with many of its athletes sidelined from the past two Olympics and the country stripped of its flag altogether at last year's Pyeongchang Winter Games as punishment for … [Read more...] about Russia banned from Olympics for four years over doping scandal

Email Updated December 09, 2019 21:58:46 Photo: Russia's anti-doping agency has also been stripped of its accreditation. (AP: David J Phillip, File) Related Story: Russia may be wiped from the sporting map Related Story: Evidence of 'manipulation' of anti-doping data puts Russian Olympic participation at risk Related Story: 'We failed the clean athletes of the world': Campaigners dismayed as anti-doping agency lifts Russia ban Map: Russian Federation Russia has been banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruling to punish it for manipulating laboratory data. Key points: Russia has been subject to scrutiny since a 2015 WADA report revealed mass doping Its flag and anthem will be banned at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 soccer World Cup Russian athletes untainted by doping will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag This will bar Russia's flag and anthem from events such as the Tokyo Olympics … [Read more...] about World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia from Olympics for four years over doping scandal

Lausanne: Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on Monday after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA spokesman said. WADA's executive committee took the decision after it concluded that Moscow had tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. The WADA committee's decision to punish Russia with a ban was unanimous, the spokesman said. Russia, which has tried to showcase itself as a global sports power, has been embroiled in doping scandals since a 2015 report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping in Russian athletics. Its doping woes have grown since, with many of its athletes sidelined from the past two Olympics and the country stripped of its flag altogether at last year's Pyeongchang Winter Games as punishment for … [Read more...] about Russia Banned from Global Sports for 4 Years Over Doping, to Miss Tokyo Olympics & Football World Cup

In a significant decision on Monday (December 9), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has decided to ban Russia from international sports including Olympics 2020 for four years over a doping scandal.  Russia was accused of manipulating laboratory doping data and Wada's Compliance Review Committee (CRC) earlier in 2019 declared that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) was non-compliant over inconsistencies in a key database of athletes' test results. According to a BBC report, the anti-doping body took this unanimous decision in the wake of Russia’s attempt to conceal, obfuscate and frustrate attempts to unmask the beneficiaries of a state-powered doping program, remarkable for its sophistication and scope. The decision which comes four years after the first detail of 2014 Sochi Olympics were made public was taken at a special board meeting of  World Anti-Doping Agency which took place in the International Olympic Committee’s headquarters in Lausanne, … [Read more...] about Russia banned from international sports, including 2020 Olympics, for four years