Russia's athletics team unlikely to overturn Rio Olympics doping ban

The unprecedented sanction was imposed after an 11-month World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigation uncovered systemic doping within Russian athletics.

Russia's hopes of persuading the International Olympic Committee to let its athletics team compete in Rio look set to be dashed at a summit in Lausanne on Tuesday.

On Friday, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) voted unanimously in Vienna to uphold a global competition ban on Russia's athletics federation that has been in place since November.