'Our athletes deserve better': Sport Ireland calling for complete ban on Russia
Sport Ireland has called for a complete ban on any Russian involvement in international sporting competition following further revelations about the state’s doping offences.
On Monday, Russia was handed a four-year ban from international sporting competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) for a doping cover-up which will mean no athletes will compete under the Russian flag at the 2020 Olympics or 2022 World Cup. Wada’s executive committee imposed the ban after finding Russia tampered with laboratory data handed to Wada as a condition for ending a previous three-year ban.
