What a four-year doping ban would mean for Russia

The 1980 Olympics took place in Moscow but Russian competitors face a ban from competing at the 2020 and 2022 winter and summer Games over doping allegations [Courtesy]

The World Anti-Doping Agency, whose executive committee meets in Lausanne on Monday, is set to punish Russia's complicity in a state-sponsored doping programme with a new four-year ban on Russian sportsmen and women.

It is likely to present more difficulties for Russian athletes wanting to compete on the world stage and for federations who are planning to stage events in a country that has often been a welcoming haven for some of the world's less wealthy sports.