He told dpa that strict interpretation of the WADA Code only allows a ban for multiple doping offences during an event, not before it. It also remains unclear whether the Olympic Charter allows such a measure. "The IPC believes that the current environment in Russian sport -which stems from the highest levels - is such that NPC Russia appears unable to fulfil its IPC membership obligations in full," IPC president Philip Craven said in a statement.//DPA Rio GamesDusseldorf - The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is readying itself for a crucial conference call on Sunday to decide whether to exclude all Russian athletes from the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Games.An IOC spokesman confirmed the conference call on Saturday but did not want to say whether the outcome would be published Monday or Tuesday. It is also not known whether the IOC will look at a decision from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) from Friday to open suspension proceedings against the Russia body (NPC) for the Rio Paralympics after Paralympians from the country were implicated as well in the McLaren report.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 24, 2016 07:07 UTC