russia is banned from 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup

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russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency [Wada] Wada’s executive committee made the unanimous decision to impose the ban on russia in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, BBC reports.

It comes after russia’s Anti Doping Agency [Rusada] was declared non-compliant for manipulating laboratory data handed over to investigators in January 2019.

It means the russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics and football’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag.

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