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Russia offers FIFA joint investigation into doping in football

Russia offers FIFA joint investigation into doping in footballMoscow, Dec 21 (IANS) The Russian Investigative Committee on Thursday offered to cooperate with FIFA in a joint inquiry on the alleged use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances among members of the Russian national football team.

The committee proposed objective analysis of data that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) provided to FIFA, related to the results of anti-doping tests of athletes, including football players, carried out by the Russian anti-doping laboratory, reports Efe.

"Yet again, the Russian Investigative Committee declares its readiness to cooperate with international organisations, to exchange information and analyse cases of violation of anti-doping rules by Russian athletes," the committee said in a statement.

 

The committee highlighted that it had sent a similar invitation to WADA, which, according to the RIC, took no real action.

The RIC opened a criminal investigation against the former head of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, who is accused of power abuse.

On December 1, the president of the Russian football federation, Vitaly Mutko, denied at a press conference that Russian players had used banned substances.

In August 2016, FIFA opened an inquiry into doping in Russian football, with 11 players allegedly involved, according to the 97-page independent report released by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren.

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