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#BREAKING Russia will miss Tokyo Olympics after doping ban halved to two years - Court of Arbitration for Sport

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#BREAKING World Anti-Doping Agency proclaims 'landmark' victory after doping ruling leaves Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics

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#BREAKING Russia satisfied that athletes not 'collectively' banned from #Olympics
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#BREAKING Russia's #Olympic Committee said that a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to bar the country's high-ranking officials including President #VladimirPutin from attending the Olympics was "unacceptable"

The Court of Arbitration for Sport made a "very strong" move by excluding #Russia from major world sporting events for the next two years over doping, validating World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) work, its director general tells AFP #Olympics #AFPSports
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The Russian #doping scandal boasted all the seedy ingredients of a spy novel with whistleblowers, drug cocktails and under-cover chicanery #Olympics #WADA
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#UPDATE Sport's highest court barred #Russia from the international stage for two years including the rearranged Tokyo #Olympics and Beijing Winter Games, but halved a four-year ban for #doping imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency #WADA #AFPSports u.afp.com/UZtq

#UPDATE "At this stage in this sordid #Russian state-sponsored doping affair ... there is no consolation in this weak, watered-down outcome," said the US Anti #doping Agency head, as he slammed the Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling #WADA #AFPSports u.afp.com/UZtt