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An employee of the Russia's national drug-testing laboratory holds a vial in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) **FILE**

Russia waging daily cyberattacks because of Olympic ban: World Doping Agency director

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 6, 2015 file photo Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova, who ran under a neutral flag, leaves the track after suffering an injury in a women's 800m heat during the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Stepanova is in fear of her safety, switching residences after hackers breached a database that records her whereabouts. Stepanova and her husband, Vitaly, were the informers who detailed a state-run doping system in Russia that led to the ouster of the country's athletes from the Olympic track meet. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Stepanova: If something happens to us, it’s not an accident

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 5, 2016 file photo the stadium which will host some 2018 World Cup matches, under construction in St.Petersburg, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, July 18, 2016, has ordered officials in St. Petersburg to speed up construction of a trouble-plagued stadium, which is scheduled to host matches during the 2018 World Cup, including a semifinal. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)

IOC edict sharpens scrutiny on Russia as 2018 World Cup host

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Mutko said doping has been yet another try to paint Russia as a villain, and dismissed any claims that the government was involved in doping cover-ups. Instead, he suggested that athletes should take personal responsibility for the breach of sports regulations. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia official says final decision on Olympic ban expected Sunday

By James Ellingsworth - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, visits the Olympic Athletes Village in Coastal Cluster ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics with Olympic Village Mayor Elena Isinbaeva, left, and Russian Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth policy Vitaly Mutko in Sochi, Russia. On Monday, July 18, 2016 WADA investigator Richard McLaren confirmed claims of state-run doping in Russia. (Pascal Le Segretain/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Doping report leaves Russia’s participation in Rio Olympics in jeopardy

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

The Olympic Village stands ready in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 23, 2016. Local organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said that the complex, made up of 31 towers, represents the largest athletes' village in Olympic history. It also includes a massive cafeteria and gym, a post office, a first aid center and bank. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

World doping watchdog shuts down Rio Olympic laboratory

Associated Press

People walk in front of the Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow in this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo. Leaders of the world anti-doping movement called for Russian track athletes to be banned from next year's Olympics, saying Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, that the nine-month window between now and the games isn't enough to ensure the program and its athletes are clean. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Olympic athlete calls for all sports to be investigated as WADA probe gears up

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Canadian Richard Pound, chairman of WADA's (World Anti-Doping Agency) Independent Commission (IC), presents the findings of his Commission's Report surrounding allegations of doping in sport, during a press conference, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

World Anti-Doping Agency report devastatingly critical of doping in Russia

By John Leicester and Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug.21, 2015 file photo, then IAAF president Lamine Diack adjusts his headphones during a joint IOC and IAAF press conference on the side of the World Athletic Championships in Beijing. The French office that handles financial prosecutions says Wednesday Nov.4, 2015 Diack has been placed under investigation on corruption and money-laundering charges, suspected of taking money from Russia to hide doping positives. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Russia, track & field to be targeted in Pound’s WADA report

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday Nov. 5, 2015, France's national financial prosecutor Eliane Houlette poses for a photographer during an interview with The Associated Press at her office in Paris, France. Houlette discusses the French judiciary’s investigation into what she called “a system of corruption” at the governing body of track and field. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

APNewsBreak: Diack son ‘very active’ in IAAF corruption

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

WADA to consider independent testing proposal next month

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

WADA, China sign deal to crack down on doping products

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2013, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell takes questions during a news conference in New York. Marijuana is casting an ever-thickening haze across NFL locker rooms, and it's not simply because more players are using it. As attitudes toward the drug soften, and science slowly teases out marijuana's possible benefits for concussions and other injuries, the NFL is reaching a critical point in navigating its tenuous relationship with what is being recognized, more and more, as the analgesic of choice for many of its players. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NFL seeks best policy for marijuana use

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Deco may sue after being cleared of doping

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Deco doping ban scrapped due to Rio lab’s errors

Associated Press

WADA adds Xenon to list of banned substances

Associated Press

FILE - This is a Nov. 1, 2010 file photo of International Olympic Committee member, Dick Pound as he poses in London, Ontario Canada. Senior Canadian IOC member Dick Pound has been given a key role in Olympic broadcasting. The IOC said Friday April 4, 2014 that Pound has been appointed chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley, File)

Canada’s Pound assigned Olympic broadcast role

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 22, 2011 file photo shows World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman listening to questions during a news conference at the European Union Sports Forum in Budapest, Hungary. The World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday March 19, 2014 that Jamaican officials have &quot;done exactly what we've asked&quot; to get their drug-testing program back in order after glaring failures ahead of the London Olympics. WADA director general David Howman said the agency sent a delegation to Jamaica in recent weeks to follow up on recommendations made after last year's audit of the Caribbean island's troubled doping control program. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)

WADA: Jamaica’s anti-doping program back in order

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

WADA expects breakthrough to catch HGH dopers

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Feb. 19, 2006 file photo of an Italian police officer as he stands outside a house where members of the Austrian Biathlon team were searched on the anti-doping police raid in San Sicario, Italy. You'd have to be a dope to try to get away with doping at the Sochi Olympics. That's the picture painted by international Olympic and anti-doping officials as they implement the toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history.Using intelligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk, authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out drug cheats through rigorous pre-games and pre-competition tests. (AP Photo/Tom Curley, FILE)

Tough drug-testing net in place for Sochi Olympics

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press