BBC: Russia football head steps aside amid doping banBy BBC. Published Dec. 25, 2017. Updated Dec. 25 at 9:00 pm Vitaly Mutko was banned from the Olympics for life in early Dec. having been accused of running a huge Olympic doping programme. Photo by AFPRussia’s most senior football official has temporarily stood down as he fights a ban given for state-backed doping.Read more here.