Russian rowers earn Games lifeline

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two Russian rowers scored a partial victory against an Olympic ban on Thursday, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled their exclusion over a past doping sanction was "unenforceable". Anastasia Karabelshikova and Ivan Podshivalov had appealed against an International Olympic Committee ban from the Rio Games, on the grounds that they had already served their doping suspension in the past, and should be allowed to compete. ...