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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea 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.
Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42480603 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42480603)