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Russia banned from all major sporting events for four years

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Russia have banned from all major sporting events for four years by the World Anti Doping Agency [Courtesy]

Russia are set to miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after being handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

WADA ruled Russia should be punished for manipulation of laboratory data after the doping scandal that has rocked sport.

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