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In a devastatingly critical report, a World Anti-Doping Agency panel accused the Russian government on Monday of complicity in widespread doping and cover-ups by its track and field athletes and said they should all be banned from competition - possibly even next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - until the country cleans up its act. The report from a WADA commission that has been probing media allegations of widespread doping and deception in Russia - host of soccer's next World Cup - said even the country's intelligence service, the FSB, was involved, spying on Moscow's anti-doping lab, including during last year's Winter Games in Sochi. The commission chaired by Dick Pound recommended that WADA immediately declare the Russian federation ''non-compliant'' with the global anti-doping code, and that the IAAF suspend the federation from competition.
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