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India Records Highest Percentage In World Anti-Doping Agency's Offenders' List
In terms of number of samples tested, India was 11th on the list but the number of doping violations were higher than major sporting nations like Russia (85), USA (84), Italy (73) and France (72).
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Banned Russian Skater Blames Failed Drug Test On Grandfather's Strawberry Dessert
Russian skater Kamila Valieva claimed that a strawberry dessert made by her grandfather on a board he used to crush his pills could have been the cause of her positive doping test.
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Finland Plans to Donate Seized Bitcoin to Ukraine
The Finnish government has agreed on additional aid to Ukraine in the form of Bitcoin seized in criminal investigations related to doping and drug trafficking, according to a report from a local media outlet.
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World Athletics Maintains Russia Doping Ban
World Athletics on Wednesday acknowledged that Russia had made "steady progress" in meeting the requirements to return to international competition but not enough to lift the ban imposed in 2015 for systematic state doping.
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Amid Doping Scandal, Russia Says Vladimir Putin Will Attend 2022 Beijing Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China for next year's winter Olympic Games, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, while Moscow remains under penalties for state-sponsored doping.
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Tokyo Games: No Flag, No Anthem, But Russia Olympic Chief Still Wants Gold Medals
The head of Russia's Olympic Committee, an organisation weighed down by a protracted doping scandal, believes his athletes are headed to the Tokyo Games with an unfair disadvantage.
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WADA Claims "Landmark" Victory After CAS Russian Doping Ruling
"WADA is pleased to have won this landmark case," said WADA President Witold Banka after Russia were banned for two years from international competitions.
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Russia To Miss Tokyo, Beijing Olympics After Doping Ban Halved
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday banned Russia from international sports competitions for two years including the Tokyo Olympics.
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Not Sure Russian Doping Issue Can Be Resolved In ''Near Future'', Says World Athletics Chief
Russia was suspended in 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping among track and field athletes.
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Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov To Lose 2nd Olympic Gold Over "Orchestrated" Doping
Evgeny Ustyugov has been suspended for doping for a second time.
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Russia Clears Out $6.3 Million Remaining Doping Fine Imposed By World Athletics
The $6.3 million was the remaining part of a $10 million fine that the Russian federation only partially paid off by July 1.
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Whistleblower Demands "Blanket Ban" For Russian Athletes For Tokyo Olympics
Some Russians will still be allowed to compete at next year's Games in Japan as neutrals and only if they can demonstrate they were not part of what WADA believes was a state-sponsored system of doping.
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World Athletics Insists Russia Pay Doping Fine By July 1
The system of allowing Russian athletes to take part in competitions including the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals will be suspended if $5 million of the $10 million fine is not paid by July 1.
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Russia Challenges WADA Doping Ban
WADA confirmed that it had received the RUSADA package and would promptly refer the matter to the CAS, whose decision will be final and binding for all involved.
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Vladimir Putin Says Russia Doping Ban "Politically Motivated"
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over manipulated doping data, prompting an angry response from President Vladimir Putin.
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India Records Highest Percentage In World Anti-Doping Agency's Offenders' List
In terms of number of samples tested, India was 11th on the list but the number of doping violations were higher than major sporting nations like Russia (85), USA (84), Italy (73) and France (72).
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Banned Russian Skater Blames Failed Drug Test On Grandfather's Strawberry Dessert
Russian skater Kamila Valieva claimed that a strawberry dessert made by her grandfather on a board he used to crush his pills could have been the cause of her positive doping test.
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Finland Plans to Donate Seized Bitcoin to Ukraine
The Finnish government has agreed on additional aid to Ukraine in the form of Bitcoin seized in criminal investigations related to doping and drug trafficking, according to a report from a local media outlet.
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World Athletics Maintains Russia Doping Ban
World Athletics on Wednesday acknowledged that Russia had made "steady progress" in meeting the requirements to return to international competition but not enough to lift the ban imposed in 2015 for systematic state doping.
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Amid Doping Scandal, Russia Says Vladimir Putin Will Attend 2022 Beijing Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China for next year's winter Olympic Games, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, while Moscow remains under penalties for state-sponsored doping.
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Tokyo Games: No Flag, No Anthem, But Russia Olympic Chief Still Wants Gold Medals
The head of Russia's Olympic Committee, an organisation weighed down by a protracted doping scandal, believes his athletes are headed to the Tokyo Games with an unfair disadvantage.
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WADA Claims "Landmark" Victory After CAS Russian Doping Ruling
"WADA is pleased to have won this landmark case," said WADA President Witold Banka after Russia were banned for two years from international competitions.
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Russia To Miss Tokyo, Beijing Olympics After Doping Ban Halved
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday banned Russia from international sports competitions for two years including the Tokyo Olympics.
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Not Sure Russian Doping Issue Can Be Resolved In ''Near Future'', Says World Athletics Chief
Russia was suspended in 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping among track and field athletes.
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Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov To Lose 2nd Olympic Gold Over "Orchestrated" Doping
Evgeny Ustyugov has been suspended for doping for a second time.
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Russia Clears Out $6.3 Million Remaining Doping Fine Imposed By World Athletics
The $6.3 million was the remaining part of a $10 million fine that the Russian federation only partially paid off by July 1.
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Whistleblower Demands "Blanket Ban" For Russian Athletes For Tokyo Olympics
Some Russians will still be allowed to compete at next year's Games in Japan as neutrals and only if they can demonstrate they were not part of what WADA believes was a state-sponsored system of doping.
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World Athletics Insists Russia Pay Doping Fine By July 1
The system of allowing Russian athletes to take part in competitions including the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals will be suspended if $5 million of the $10 million fine is not paid by July 1.
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Russia Challenges WADA Doping Ban
WADA confirmed that it had received the RUSADA package and would promptly refer the matter to the CAS, whose decision will be final and binding for all involved.
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Vladimir Putin Says Russia Doping Ban "Politically Motivated"
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over manipulated doping data, prompting an angry response from President Vladimir Putin.
