WADA bans Russia from international sporting events for four years

The World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, today banned Russia for four years,  from participation in global sporting events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, after accusing Moscow of falsifying data from an anti-doping laboratory. WADA spokesman James Fitzgerald, speaking at a meeting of the body's executive committee at Lausanne in Switzerland, said the full list of recommendations has been unanimously accepted. Russia's anti-doping agency can ...