Summer sports seek 'individual' not blanket ban on RussiansRICARDO MORAES/REUTERS The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations has said it does not support a blanket ban on Russian athletes for the Rio Games. That means, rather than applying a total ban, federations could suspend individual Russian sports. The summer sports association made clear they do not support a blanket ban. Summer Olympic sports federations said on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ Time) they are ready to deal with "individual cases" of Russian doping, rather than endorse a total ban on the Russian team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. WADA and other anti-doping officials urged the International Olympic Committee to consider the unprecedented step of excluding the entire Russian contingent from the Rio Games.

Source: Stuff July 19, 2016 15:22 UTC