Senior Russian sports officials have admitted to “some unacceptable manipulations of the anti-doping system” and the existence of a “systemic doping scheme” in a letter to international sports leaders. READ MORE | Russians to take no part in FIFA World Cup drug testingIt was signed by Russian minister of sport Pavel Kolobkov, Russian Olympic Committee president Aleksandr Zhukov and Russian Paralympic Committee President Vladimir Lukin. Appropriate actionsThe acceptance of the conclusions of the McLaren report was one of the last two conditions for WADA to lift their suspension of Russia’s anti-doping agency, RUSADA. READ MORE | India’s Galle Test vs Sri Lanka in 2017 was fixed, claims reportThe WADA committee responsible for the sanctions meets on June 14 to examine new elements in the case, including the Russian letter. “Someone said to me it is only semantics but semantics matter in this game,” Reedie said of the letter.

Source: Hindustan Times May 26, 2018 10:30 UTC