Bombshell statement: WADA wants Russia banned from all sport for four years

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is recommending Russia be barred from all sporting competition for four years [Courtesy]

A key World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) panel has recommended Russia be barred from all sporting competition for four years after accusing Moscow of falsifying laboratory data handed over to investigators, the global anti-doping watchdog said on Monday.

In a bombshell statement, WADA's Compliance Review Committee (CRC) called for the sanctions, which would see Russia banned from next year's Tokyo Olympics, to be approved at a meeting in Paris on December 9.