LAUSANNE: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), world sport's highest court, on Thursday reduced a ban imposed on Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which had banished the country from the international stage for systematic doping, from four to two years.
Despite the reduction, Russia as a nation is still barred from next year's rearranged Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing Winter Games 2022, and the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
Russia has also been disallowed from hosting international events during the ban period.