World Cup 2018: FIFA speaks on Russian players using drugs

FIFA on Sunday, rejected a British media report, alleging doping
cover-ups among Russian national team football players.

The world football governing body said it had not found any evidence
of doping among Russia's players, as the country hosts the 2018 World
Cup.


Reiterating a statement it made last month, FIFA said, "insufficient
evidence was found to assert an anti-doping rule violation by any
footballer."

It added that the investigations opened last month against players
named in Russia's preliminary squad had been closed.

Rubin Kazan defender Ruslan Kambolov, investigated by FIFA over
alleged doping violations, was named in Russia's preliminary squad
last month but later sustained an injury and was left out of the final
selection.

"In the course of the investigations, FIFA looked at every possible
evidence, leaving no stone unturned," the global football governing
body said.