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(FILES) This file photo taken on February 7, 2014 shows the Olympic and Russian flags during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Julyt 19, 2016 it will study

Pressure on IOC to ban Russia from Rio

RUSSIA’s track and field athletes have been banned from the Olympics and the entire Russian squad could swiftly follow. The pressure is now on the IOC after the landmark CAS decision.

Olympics
London Olympics 2012. Athletics day 15 from the Olympic Stadium. Mariya Savinova from Russia wins the Women's 800m.

Russia’s doping black hole

IT’S the 10cm ‘mouse hole’ that has shattered the integrity of world sport and has exposed Russia’s drug rats responsible for the greatest doping scandal in history.

Women's sport
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LaCaze is in the box seat for Rio

Australian steeplechaser Genevieve LaCaze is peaking at just the right time, and a month out from when she takes the track at the Rio Olympic Games she says everything is falling into place.

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