The International Paralympic Committee will reportedly ban Russia's entire team from the upcoming Paralympic Games in Rio because of performance-enhancing drug violations.
The announcement is expected to be made Sunday, according to the Guardian.
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This decision to ban the entire team from the games, which will be held Sept. 7-18, is in sharp contrast to the decision made by the International Olympic Committee. Faced with overwhelming evidence of rampant PED use and coverups in Russian athletics, many in the sports world had called for the IOC to ban Russia's entire team from the 2016 Rio Olympics.