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Rio Olympics 2016: Russia appeals Paralympics ban

Russia has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the country's ban from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The International Paralympic Committee imposed the blanket suspension earlier this month, after allegations of state-sponsored doping made in an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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That stance differed from that of the International Olympic Committee, which left it to sports' individual federations to determine whether competitors could take part at the Olympic Games in Rio.