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IAAF to maintain ban on Russian athletics federation over doping conspiracy
•Russia was barred from international competition in 2015 over a vast state-run doping conspiracy.
IAAF clears 11 Russian athletes to compete as neutrals ahead of World Athletics Championships 2019
•Russia was barred from international competition in 2015 over a vast state-run doping conspiracy but athletes subsequently deemed clean have been allowed to compete as neutrals.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sports Analytics Company Gracenote Sports predicts USA to top medal's tally, hosts Japan to come third
•Gracenote Sports has a 100 per cent record in its analysis as it has predicted correctly for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics
International athletics body extends ban on Russian athletics federation over doping allegations
•Russia’s athletics federation was suspended in November 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of widespread doping in the sport.
Russian Athletics Federation strip race walker Alexander Ivanov of world championship gold after being found guilty of doping
•Race walker Alexander Ivanov's 2013 world championship gold passes to China's Chen Ding, and he also loses a 2014 European Championship silver medal.
12 Russian athletes suspended for doping, 2012 Olympics high-jump champion Ivan Ukhov stripped of gold medal
•CAS had been ruling in the cases in place of the suspended Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF), and pursued allegations of anti-doping based on evidence from the McLaren report
Reprieve for Sharapova? Athletes could escape a ban for taking meldonium, says Wada
•The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)has said athletes could escape a ban for taking meldonium because it does not know for sure how long it takes the substance to leave the body.