IOC Weighs Calls to Ban Russian Athletes from Olympics

The International Olympic Committee considers Tuesday whether to ban all Russian teams from competing in next month's Olympics in Brazil over allegations of an elaborate doping scheme. The IOC's executive board is convening a conference call a day after the World Anti-Doping Agency released an independent report citing widespread, state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. WADA called for the IOC to ban all Russian athletes and...

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