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Vitaly Mutko: Russia football head steps aside amid doping ban
« on: December 25, 2017, 10:20:22 pm »
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Vitaly Mutko: Russia football head steps aside amid doping ban

Russia's most senior football official has temporarily stood down as he fights a ban given for state-backed doping.


Vitaly Mutko was banned from the Olympics for life in early December having been accused of running a huge Olympic doping programme.

Mr Mutko said he would stand down as president of the Russian Football Union while he contests the ban.

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