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'Cheats welcome at Olympics' after IOC Russia doping decision

Russian athletes have started to arrive in Rio ready to compete at the Olympic Games that start on August 5.

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Seven more Russians banned from Rio Olympics

Seven more Russian athletes were banned from competing at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday after being implicated in the damning World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into state-sponsored doping and cover

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Russia's participation in the Olympic Games in Rio: a presumption of innocence or collective punishment?

The International Olympic Committee’s decision not to enforce a blanket ban on all Russian competitors from going to the Rio Games could lead to “lesser protection for clean athletes”, according to th

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Moscow court begins hearings in Nemtsov case

Moscow’s military court has started preliminary hearings in the case of slain Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov.

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Russia welcomes IOC decision against blanket ban on Rio athletes

The Kremlin says it welcomes the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling against a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the next month’s Olympics.

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FINA ban seven swimmers from Rio Games

World Swimming’s governing body FINA has banned seven Russian swimmers from competing at next month’s Rio Olympics.

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Another kettle of fish: Mysterious film discovered in Iceland

Icelandic fishermen reeled in a mysterious catch earlier this month.

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Russian teams arrive in Rio, IOC criticised

“Doping issues, we have nothing, we have never had this issue, never in our life.

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Russia welcomes IOC decision as "objective"

Moscow has welcomed the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saying it was grateful that it had not imposed a complete ban on Russia competing at the Rio…

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No blanket ban on Russian athletes - IOC

Russia has escaped a blanket ban from the Rio Olympics following the country’s doping scandal.

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Moscow 'grateful' for IOC decision not to impose blanket ban on Russian athletes in Rio

Russia’s Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko has said he is ‘grateful’ to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not imposing a blanket ban on Russia competing at the Rio…

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Russia escapes blanket ban from Rio Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has opted not to impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month’s Rio Olympics amid the scandal over state-sponsored…

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Court upholds IAAF ban on Russian athletes from competing in Rio

The ban on Russian track and field athletes taking part in the Rio Olympics is set to stand after the Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out an appeal by 68 Russian athletes.

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Russia loses appeal against ban on track and field athletes at Rio Olympics

A legal challenge by a group of Russian track and field athletes against their exclusion from next month’s Summer Olympics in Rio has been rejected.

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Zhukov downplays possible boycott with Russia's participation in Rio Olympics in the balance

The head of Russia's Olympic Committee says he expects a final decision by Sunday on whether the entire team will be banned from Rio over allegations of state-sponsored doping.

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Ukraine: journalist Pavel Sheremet killed by car bomb in Kyiv

A well-known journalist in Ukraine has been killed by a car bomb in the capital Kyiv.

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IOC to 'explore' banning Russia from Rio Games

The International Olympic Committee has delayed a decision on whether to ban Russia from next month’s Rio Games over accusations of doping.

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IOC to "explore legal option" of banning Russia from Rio Olympics

The International Olympic Committee says it will take legal advice on the possibility of banning Russia from next month’s Rio Games over doping.

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Russia's long running doping saga

The findings of Richard McLaren, the Canadian law professor and head of the independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to investigate allegations of systematic cheating in Ru

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Putin says claims of Russian doping 'political'

Vladimir Putin said the latest report on doping among Russian athletes lacked substance and was highly political.

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