MOSCOW — Russia has appealed a ban of its athletics team from next month’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro over doping, the country’s Olympic committee said Sunday. If Russia wins, the Olympic application deadline “will be extended” to let Russian athletes apply, the ROC’s legal department head Alexandra Brilliantova told the Tass news agency. The IAAF, track’s world governing body, suspended Russia in November after a World Anti-Doping Agency report detailed widespread, state-sponsored doping in Russian track and field. Russian Olympic Committee spokesman Konstantin Vybornov confirmed to The Associated Press by email that the appeal had been filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport and would be heard July 19. The ban was upheld by the IAAF in a vote last month.

Source: thestar July 03, 2016 16:18 UTC