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Thursday 24 May 2018

'All results were negative': FIFA anti-doping probe exonerates Russian football players

Frank Sellers
The Duran


The same party line that excluded Russia from participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics was again used to dampen Russia's credibility and its team's eligibility to compete in the tournament, which Russia will be hosting.

That line is that Russia cheats by doping up its players to give them an unfair edge over that of other nation's teams in order to score victory for Russia, which would then be used as a part of Russia's propaganda to show the world how great it is.

That's the party line, anyhow. But this time it hasn't worked. This time there's no 'whistleblower', but a report that led to a probe that, like the Mueller probe which investigates alleged Russian 'collusion' with the Trump campaign, failed to turn up any evidence.
The probe didn't find any evidence of doping, and the players, who were likely to participate in the World Cup competition, were exonerated.  

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