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Russian Deputy PM Vitaly Mutko Calls Report Of Doping At 2014 World Cup 'Nonsense'

Russian Deputy PM Vitaly Mutko said that the country's national football team "has never had any issues with doping" and accused the English media of writing "nonsense," according to ESPN.com. The London Daily Mail reported over the weekend that FIFA admitted it is investigating whether Russia's entire 23-man 2014 World Cup squad was part of the country's state-supported doping program and cover-ups. Mutko, who also serves as president of the Russian Football Union, suggested the article appeared "as the result of resentment among the English media" since '10, when Russia "beat England in the race to host the 2018 World Cup." Mutko: "Do not pay attention to this. They [the U.K. media] from 2010 are writing about us all negative. In football, never has been or never will be any doping -- our national team undergoes tests all the time." FIFA's press service reportedly said that tests "had found no evidence of doping" at either the 2014 World Cup or 2017 Confederations Cup. The press service said, "As far as the FIFA Confederations Cup is concerned, every participating player has been tested through blood and urine in unannounced controls" (ESPN.com, 6/26).

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