state-sponsored doping in the country during

Russia could be banned from the Rio Olympics next month after an independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping in the country during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The investigation by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which was led by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, said Russias Ministry of Sport directed, controlled and oversaw the manipulation of urine samples provided by Russian athletes at the Sochi anti-doping laboratory with the active participation and assistance of the FSB secret service. Professor Richard McLarens WADA report on Russia and whether it operated a state-dictated doping system McLaren delivered three main findings at a press conference in Toronto on Monday - that doped samples disappeared from the anti-doping laboratory in Moscow, that they were swapped with clean samples at the laboratory for the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and that these plans were directed by the Russian sports ministry. The findings have cast huge doubt on Russias participation at the Games, which start on August 5, with their track-and-field athletes already banned by the IAAF, and an IOC statement on Monday afternoon said a decision could be made as early as Tuesday on the matter. Russias participation at the Rio Olympics is in doubt after the latest WADA investigation In the immediate short term, the IOC Executive Board (EB) will convene in a telephone conference tomorrow (Tuesday) to take its first decisions, which may include provisional measures and sanctions with regard to the Olympic Games Rio 2016, it read.IOC president Thomas Bach said: The findings of the report show a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games. Therefore, the IOC will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organisation implicated. Thomas Bach says the IOC will not hesitate to enforce the toughest sanctions The 57-day investigation was set up in May following an interview in the New York Times with the former director of Moscows anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, in which he described an elaborate plan to ensure Russian success at Sochi 2014.Rodchenkov has been in hiding in the United States since that interview after being branded a criminal and a traitor by senior Russian figures, but McLarens findings appear to vindicate his version of events.He said his team had used forensic analysis, seized computers, studied data and performed extra tests on stored samples from the Sochi Games and other major events. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia The Moscow laboratory operated, for the protection of doped Russian athletes, within a state-dictated fail-safe system, McLaren said.The Sochi Laboratory operated a unique sample-swapping methodology to enable doped Russian athletes to compete at the Winter Olympic Games, he added.UK Anti-Doping, which has been running the testing programme in Russia on WADAs behalf since the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) was suspended, said the entire sporting community must unite to find new ways and a stronger commitment to ensure clean competition.We have an obligation to help safeguard clean athletes around the globe by working closely with international partners to support the development of robust anti-doping practices in countries where these are weak, said UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead.Everyone has a responsibility to support this process for the sake of clean and honest athletes. UK Anti-Doping chief Nicole Sapstead wants clean athletes safeguarded UK sports minister Tracey Crouch said: Professor McLarens report has exposed the extreme lengths some will go to in order to cheat.This shocking report is a wake-up call to the sporting world and I hope it will act as a catalyst for us to work even harder to protect the integrity of sport and the Olympic movement itself. Also See: Litvinov confident of ban lift Klishina: Im not a traitor Swell Norge .C. -- Duke sophomore Rodney Hood is entering the NBA draft. Swell Flaske Turkis . "This is my city," the Toronto native said upon his arrival Wednesday night. And the 35-year-old former league MVP says he is hoping to making 2014 a memorable year. http://www.swelldrikkeflaskenorge.com/ . -- Oakland Athletics starting pitchers Jarrod Parker and A. Swell Flaske Gull . Sociedad remained in sixth place with Villarreal a point behind in seventh, both in Europa League spots and in striking distance of fourth place and the final Champions League berth. Sociedad forward Carlos Vela chipped goalkeeper Jaime Jimenez after receiving an equally exquisite lobbed pass from Ruben Pardo to set him up in the 23rd minute at Anoeta Stadium. Swell Flaske Lilla . The star receiver certainly isnt celebrating it with the Texans mired in a franchise-record 13-game skid. LONDON -- Eugenie Bouchard progressed further than she ever has at a Grand Slam in her young career, but she was left lamenting missed chances that could have prolonged her run into the depleted field at Wimbledon. Bouchard lost her bid for a spot in the fourth round at Wimbledon on Friday as the Montreal teenager lost to Spains Carla Suarez Navarro 7-5, 6-2. "This was an opportunity that I had that I lost," Bouchard said. "I felt generally the whole match I had a few loose shots, loose errors, that I normally dont make that I was making." Despite the loss, it was a career-best grand slam showing for the 66th-ranked Bouchard. Her previous best was a berth in the second round of the French Open earlier this year. The 2012 junior champion at the All England club fought hard from 4-1 down in both sets but was unable to close the gap against the experienced Spaniard. The first set went well over an hour, the second was done in an additional 29 minutes. "She returned really well, I knew that going in," Bouchard said. "My serve wasnt as good as previous matches." Bouchard limited her winning chances with 21 unforced errors in the opening set. She saved two set points in the ninth game, forced her opponent to four break points in the 11th and then dropped her own serve in the 12th as Suarez Navarro fired a backhand winner down the line. Bouchard failed to regroup in the second set as the pair traded early breaks before the Spaniard ran off into the lead. Bouchard saved two match points in the final game before sending a forehand out to end it with 24 winners and 32 unforced errors. "For sure it went differently than I hoped," Bouchard said. "She was very consistent, and more aggressive than me. I should have done more to try to control the points -- instead she did. "Ill take lots of experience out of this whole week and try to learn from all the mistakes and take the good and the bad and just keep working hard." Two Canadian mens doubles teams advanced, with veteran Daniel Nestor aand Swedish partner Robert Lindstedt reaching the third round.dddddddddddd The sixth-seeded Nestor and Lindstedt defeated Argentines Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 and will next face the winner from a match between ninth-seeded Britons Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray and Czech Frantisek Cermak and Slovak Michael Mertinak. There was also first-round success for Canadians Jesse Levine and Vasek Pospisil as that unseeded combination defeated Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic and American Rajeev Ram, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. The opening match for Levine, from Ottawa, and Vancouvers Pospisil was postponed by rain on Thursday evening. The pair were teaming up for the first time since April, when they reached the semi-finals of a Challenger event in Savannah, Ga. Levine and Pospisil will next take on American Nicolas Monroe and German Simon Stadler. Nestor, 40, from Toronto, won the title at the All England Club in 2008 and 2009 with former partner Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and played the 2002 final with Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. He and Max Mirnyi of Belarus exited in the second round in 2012. Nestor and Lindstedt made sure they avoided the long match they played in the first round this week as morning rain gave way to dry weather and faint sunshine. The seeds got on top of their opponent as they quickly won the first two sets, with Nestor guiding his partner to a 4-1 lead in the third at the only grand slam where doubles is played in best-of-five-sets. The Argentines earned a late break of Lindstedt stay in contention 2-5 and saved a match point on their serve a game later to hold for 3-5. But it was all over a game later as Nestor pounded down a smash to earn three match points, with Lindstedt applying the finishing touch seconds later in the 87-minute rout. The winners ended with three aces and five breaks of serve as they try to rescue a grass season now standing at 2-2. Watch exclusive bonus online coverage throughout the competition on TSN.ca, including full coverage of select matches not being televised. ' ' '