Russian athletes on Thursday reacted with a mixture of anger and despair after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dashed their dreams of competing at the Rio Olympics by rejecting an appeal against a ban for doping. The Kremlin also expressed "deep regret" over the move and said that it was unfair to ban all athletes from competing at the Games. Other sports stars lashed out furiously against the ruling that Moscow has often portrayed as part of a broader campaign against Russia. "We are talking about athletes training for the Olympics who have no connection to doping, who have no connection to any accusations or suspicions," Peskov said. "The idea of collective responsibility from our point of view can hardly be considered acceptable," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Source: Thanhnien News July 23, 2016 11:03 UTC