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Blatter to defy FIFA ban to attend World Cup, meet Putin
The 82-year-old was suspended for six years by FIFA in February 2016 from any football-related activity.
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Terror, hooligan threats cast shadow over Russia’s World Cup
Fans travelling to Russia are required to register with the police on their arrival in one of the 12 host…
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Whistleblower claims Putin ordered Russia’s doping programme
Rodchenkov is the former director of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory who fled to the United States in 2016 saying he…
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Putin says FBI is controlling doping whistleblower Rodchenkov
Rodchenkov, the former director of the Moscow anti-doping lab, fled to the United States in 2016 saying he feared for…
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Putin says no Russian Olympic boycott
The IOC on Tuesday banned Russia from the Olympics after evidence emerged of an "unprecedented systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping…
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Putin says US plotted doping scandal to swing Russian vote
An explosive 2016 report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency alleged state-sponsored doping in Russia from 2011 to 2015
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Blatter says he is going to World Cup at Putin’s invitation
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Blatter and Platini would both be welcome to attend the World Cup as "old friends" of…
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