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World Soccer Body Does Surprise Doping Test On Russian Team

Edit Radio Free Europe 13 May 2016
Doping testers for the world soccer federation have turned up unannounced to collect samples from a top Russian soccer team amid suspicions of meldonium use ... Based on reporting by AP and TASS.  . ....

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Edit Indian Express 13 May 2016
The report is based largely on evidence from the director of the country’s anti-doping laboratory during the Sochi Olympics. (Source. AP) ... 5-21 ... “It was working like a Swiss watch.” ... On Wednesday, reporting that the New York Times was soon to release its article, Russian news agency TASS cited ... “The system of organization for the Olympic games was absolutely transparent,” Mutko told TASS....

Report: Dozens of Russian Olympic Medal winners were part of a state-run doping programDoping program fueled Russian medals at Sochi Olympics: report

Edit Business Insider 13 May 2016
Unless that ban is lifted, Russian athletics competitors will miss the Rio Olympics in Brazil, set to run Aug. 5-21 ... On Wednesday, reporting that the New York Times was soon to release its article, Russian news agency TASS cited Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko saying there was an "information attack" on Russian sport. "The system of organization for the Olympic games was absolutely transparent," Mutko told TASS ... Copyright 2016 ... U.S....

Russian Doping Bombshell Rocks WADA Gathering

Edit Newsweek 13 May 2016
WADA, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and athletes were all left stunned by an explosive New York Times report that detailed widespread doping by Russia at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including 15 medal winners ... Even in the face of mounting evidence, Russian officials continued to deny any wrong doing with sports minister Vitaly Mutko dismissing the New York Times report as nonsense, according to the TASS news agency ... ....

The Latest: Russian soccer team has surprise meldonium test

Edit Boston Herald 13 May 2016
The Latest on developments in Olympic doping stories. All times local.. 5.25 p.m ... Rostov has mounted a surprise title challenge this season and is two points behind leader Dynamo ... 10.15 p.m ... ___ ... Mutko tells the state Tass news agency that "they are outstanding athletes and the accusations are absurd," but does not address the claims that the Russian government was involved in the alleged scheme to switch doping samples at the games ... ___ ... ....

Russians at Sochi Olympics were part of doping program -- report

Edit Toronto Sun 12 May 2016
On Wednesday, reporting that the New York Times was soon to release its article, Russian news agency TASS cited Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko saying there was an "information attack" on Russian sport. "The system of organization for the Olympic games was absolutely transparent," Mutko told TASS ... 5-21. ....

Russia used piss-swapping spies to get away with massive Olympics doping

Edit New York Post 12 May 2016
EPA. By the end of the 2014 Olympics, Rodchenko said as many as 100 dirty urine samples were expunged ... On Wednesday, reporting that the New York Times was soon to release its article, Russian news agency TASS cited Russia’s sports minister Vitaly Mutko saying there was an “information attack” on Russian sport. “The system of organization for the Olympic games was absolutely transparent,” Mutko told TASS....

U.S. Hockey Star Ovechkin Joins Russian Team In Championships

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 May 2016
The Capitals lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the U.S ... Petersburg ... Based on reporting by AP and TASS. ....

Sochi medal winners part of Russian doping - report

Edit Otago Daily Times 12 May 2016
Unless that ban is lifted, Russian athletics competitors will miss the Rio Olympics in Brazil, set to run August 5-21 ... On Wednesday (local time), reporting that the New York Times was soon to release its article, Russian news agency TASS cited Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko saying there was an "information attack" on Russian sport. "The system of organization for the Olympic games was absolutely transparent," Mutko told TASS ... ....

Suspected Militant Jailed In Russia's Chelyabinsk Region

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 May 2016
A suspected member of a militant group linked to Al-Qaeda has been jailed in Russia's Urals city of Magnitogorsk, local authorities say ... Based on reporting by TASS and Interfax. ....

Report details Russian system to evade Olympic doping tests

Edit Springfield News-Sun 12 May 2016
The International Olympic Committee called Thursday's report "very worrying," saying Olympic officials would work with the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate ... "They are outstanding athletes and the accusations are absurd," Mutko told the state Tass news agency ... On Wednesday, Mutko had told Tass that Russian sports were under an "information attack" from Western media, without explicitly referring to a specific story ... ....

Putin Orders Stepped Up Effort To Control Siberian Wildfires

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 May 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered firefighters do more to quell an early onset of uncontrolled wildfires raging in eastern Siberia ... Based on reporting by AP, Interfax, and TASS.  . ....

Report: Russians At Sochi Olympics Were Part Of State-Run Doping Program

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 May 2016
Rodchenkov, who now lives in Los Angeles, estimated that as many as 100 dirty urine samples were expunged by the end of the games ... "Everything was under the control of international experts -- from taking samples to their analysis," he told TASS ...  . ....
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