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BBC: Russia apologises over country’s doping scandal for the first time

By BBC.
Picture of the logo of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) taken on Sept. 20, 2016 at the headquarter of the organisation in Montreal.
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Russia has apologised over the doping scandal uncovered by the McLaren report for the first time, but will remain suspended from international athletics.

Athletics’ governing body the IAAF banned Russia in November 2015 over evidence of state-sponsored doping.

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