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Russian anti-doping chief Yuri Ganus calls for reform of athletics federation to lift suspension
•In five-page letter, Yuri Ganus, head of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA, said the country needed to dismiss all national team coaches and create an international working group to help investigate doping cases in the country.
Russian doping blurs innocence and guilt, with Olympics caught in the middle
•Russian doping blurs innocence and guilt, with Olympics caught in the middle
WADA sanctions another effort to sideline Russia in 'every sphere of international life', says Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
•The Russian foreign minister cast calls for new anti-doping sanctions on Russian sports as one more Western effort to sideline Russia on Tuesday.
Tucked in WADA's rules lies a ticking bomb for European football and Russia's hopes of hosting Euro 2020 games
•UEFA’s Euro 2020 plans could be thrown into disarray due to WADA’s compliance code and Russia’s impending ban over widespread doping.
Russia's sports minister Pavel Kolobkov insists data handed to World Anti-Doping Agency was not doctored
•Russia's sports minister insisted on Thursday that data handed to the World Anti-Doping Agency was not doctored, while WADA has asked Moscow to explain inconsistencies.
Russian anti-doping chief Yuri Ganus attacks Moscow authorities for doctoring data handed to WADA
•Russia's anti-doping tzar Yuri Ganus on Wednesday blasted the "irresponsible and destructive actions" of Moscow authorities he accuses of doctoring key data handed over to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
International Olympic Committe announces pledge of $10 million to help WADA in fight against doping
•Half of WADA's budget comes from the Olympic movement, and the IOC's injection of another $10 million contribution is significant
RUSADA chief Yuri Ganus expects Russia's doping crisis to worsen, country be slapped with lengthy Olympic ban
•Russia's anti-doping chief is predicting a lengthy Olympic ban for the national squad, lashing out at Moscow authorities who he says handed over falsified lab data to international investigators.
Russia's anti-doping agency chief Yuri Ganus claims Moscow lab data has been intentionally manipulated
•Russia's anti-doping agency chief Yuri Ganus believes data handed from the Moscow laboratory to the World Anti-Doping Agency has been intentionally manipulated, he told German magazine Der Spiegel on Wednesday, and expects tough punishment.
Russian Anti-Doping Agency CEO Yuri Ganus expects 'significant restrictions' from WADA over allegations of data tampering
•If WADA rules it's yet another Russian doping cover-up of data which was supposedly secure in the Russian state's custody new rules could mean tougher sanctions than ever before