Russia fail in appeal to overturn Rio Paralympics ban

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) had challenged its suspension.

Russia has failed in an appeal against its exclusion from the Rio Paralympic Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced.

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) challenged its suspension, which was imposed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on August 7 in the wake of a damning report into the country's state-run doping programme.