Russias entire 2014 World Cup squad face Fifa doping investigation
Source: Guardian
Russia is at the centre of another doping scandal after it emerged the countrys entire 23-man squad from the 2014 World Cup is being investigated by Fifa over possible drugs offences. Russia is currently hosting the Confederations Cup and in under a year will stage the World Cup but these allegations are likely to throw its suitability to stage such events into serious doubt.
The 23-man squad, who were knocked out in the group stages of the Brazil World Cup three years ago, are among 34 Russian footballers being investigated by footballs world governing body. Five of the 23 players tested in 2014 are members of the squad that was knocked out of the Confederations Cup on Saturday.
The state-sponsored doping and cover-up in Russia are well known but this is the first time top-level footballers in the country have been placed under investigation, although there is no proof of any anti-doping violations. However, a report by the Mail On Sunday alleged the footballers were among 1,000 people of interest to the officials charged with establishing where the tentacles of Russias doping racket extended.
A Fifa spokesman told the Mail On Sunday: Fifa is still investigating the allegations made against [Russian] football players.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/24/russia-2014-world-cup-squad-fifa-doping-investigation
dhill926
(16,348 posts)Russia is a piece of shit. Filled with assholes...sorry....
cstanleytech
(26,299 posts)dhill926
(16,348 posts)assholes attract.
cstanleytech
(26,299 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)I know the majority of Russians are good people but when their leader is shit, like we have, the country and morals go to hell.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)Vladimir Putin 'was at the heart of the Russia drug scandal' alleges 'doper-in-chief' who claims he doped half of his country's 72 London 2012 medalists
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)From the article:
On the basis of the Findings of the IP Report, all Russian athletes seeking entry to the Olympic Games Rio 2016 are considered to be affected by a system subverting and manipulating the anti-doping system. The IP Report indicates that, due to the highly compressed timeline, the IP has only skimmed the surface of the extensive data available. The IOC EB therefore came to the conclusion that this view cannot be restricted only to athletes from the 20 Olympic summer sports mentioned in the IP Report.
Under these exceptional circumstances, Russian athletes in any of the 28 Olympic summer sports have to assume the consequences of what amounts to a collective responsibility in order to protect the credibility of the Olympic competitions, and the presumption of innocence cannot be applied to them.
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)they both have the same degenerate "values."
So while it is utterly poisonous, it's not surprising that they would collude treacherously against the United States of America and all the good that it stands for.
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)I guess as long as it doesn't involve corruption at the higher levels it might be done