Athletics governing body suspends Russia from all competitions

IAAF votes 22-1 to provisionally ban nation after damning report uncovered state-sponsored dopingThe governing body of world athletics has taken the unprecedented step of suspending Russia from all competitions in the wake of revelations of state-sponsored doping.Sebastian Coe, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), said the revelations had been a “shameful wake up call” following a vote of the organisation’s council on Friday night afte