November 15, 2015 11:15 AM

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Russian Olympic Committee agrees clean-up

Russia has set out a three-month road map to clean up its act with the nation's Olympic Committee spearheading efforts to ensure a doping scandal does not prevent honest athletes from competing at the 2016 Olympics. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said he has agreed a road map with IAAF head Sebastian Coe and that his nation would soon be compliant with the association's rules.The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) voted overwhelmingly yesterday to suspend the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) following allegations of widespread and state-sponsored doping. The allegations, made by a special commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), have caused the country's biggest sporting scandal in several decades and could cost it a place at next year's Olympics in Rio.

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