December 9, 2019, 16:57
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AKIPRESS.COM - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has imposed a four-year ban on Russia from all global sport, including the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup, Sky News reports.
WADA's executive committee took the decision after concluding Moscow had tampered with laboratory data.
The agency found Russia planted fake evidence and deleted files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats.
Russia has 21 days to appeal the decision through the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Sky's sports correspondent Martha Kelner has said the country is expected to appeal.
She continued: "(WADA's) decision in many ways is not a surprise because it comes after the recommendation of WADA's compliance review committee.
"It all relates to this doping scandal which has engulfed international sport for the last few years.