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FIFA to look into McLaren report after alleged doping by Russian U21 players

FIFA will look into the football-related findings of the McLaren report after emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation showed that Russia youth team players team had suspicious drug-test samples covered up.

The emails, released this month as part of WADA investigator Richard McLaren's report on Russian doping, state that there were five suspicious samples in the Russian men's under-17 and under-21 national teams in 2013 and 2014.

When presenting his findings in London, Richard McLaren said that 33 football players, including foreigners, were concerned, and added that the evidence will now be passed on to FIFA.