IOC President Thomas Bach says the Olympic body will remain a civil party to the ongoing investigation by French prosecutors. ___12:15 p.m.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says he has no knowledge of a U.S. investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia. The IOC says final results on the retesting of doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be known early next month. Asked whether the Russian Olympic Committee itself could be suspended, Bach says: "I will not speculate because there comes a decision we have to make between collective responsibility and individual justice." The government also says Kenyan athletes will not be banned from competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 18, 2016 05:47 UTC