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CAS serves Russian doctor life ban over doping programme

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a life ban against Doctor Sergei Portugalov, the alleged mastermind of doping in Russian track and field.

CAS serves Russian doctor life ban over doping programme
FABRICE COFFRINIAFP

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a life ban against Doctor Sergei Portugalov, the alleged mastermind of doping in Russian track and field, Russia's athletics federation announced on Monday.

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Mastermind beihind Russian doping programme

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended in a 2015 report that Portugalov take no part in any state sports programme after he was found to have supplied athletes with banned performance-enhancing drugs.

CAS did not immediately confirm the ban.