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Moscow (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday said its national basketball teams have been banned from all competitions by the sports ruling body FIBA.
"The Russian basketball federation received a letter from FIBA, which said that all Russian national teams have been banned," Sergei Chernov, honourary president of the Russian basketball federation, told the TASS news agency.
"For the moment Russia's FIBA membership was also temporarily suspended. The FIBA final verdict on the case will be announced at its conference on August 8-9.