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Russia have been stripped of a third of the medals they won as hosts of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and last week a ban on the country taking part in international athletics was upheld by the sport's governing body the IAAF.Next Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee will meet to decide whether to ban Russia from the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, over allegations that it ran a state-sponsored doping programme for years.But Infantino claimed that the level of testing in football is sufficient to show that the game is largely clean."I don't think there are many other international sports organisations who are doing as many anti-doping tests as football is doing, with FIFA, UEFA or national associations, in and out of competition, blood, urine, biological passports," Infantino said during a press conference in the Kremlin in Moscow ahead of the 2018 World Cup draw."Professional players in top teams play 50 or 60 matches every year. They are tested, I don't … [Read more...] about Doping not a big problem in the sport, says Infantino

On the last day, athletes participated in the finals of volleyball, unarmed martial arts and the four combined military sports.In the volleyball final, the Air Defense and Air Force Service team defeated the Military Region 7 team with a 3-1 win. The second runner-up was the Military Region 3 team.Lieutenant General Dau Dinh Toan, Director of the Department of Military Training under the General Staff and deputy-head of the organizing panel, held that all events of the tournament successfully concluded as scheduled with absolute safety for personnel and equipment.The closing and award ceremony of the army sports competition will be held on December 1. Translated by Trung Thanh … [Read more...] about Army sports competition ends successfully

HÀ NỘI — Fox Sports Asia has listed Vietnamese striker Lê Công Vinh as one of ASEAN football’s five greatest-ever international scorers on its website. With 51 goals scored for Việt Nam in 83 caps, Vinh is level with France legend Thierry Henry and Poland star Robert Lewandowski, Fox wrote He is ranked 34th in the world and No. 11 in Asia. “Vinh was also the man for the big occasion and memorably scored the goal that won Việt Nam their first and only AFF crown to date. Despite only being 31, it has been a year since Vinh hung up his boots, but it will take something – or someone – special to beat his record.” The other players are Thai Kiatisuk Senamuang (71 goals in 134 caps), Singapore’s Fandi Ahmad (55 goals in 101 caps), Filipino Phil Younghusband (47 goals in 92 caps) and Indonesian Bambang Pamungkas (38 goals in 86 caps). — … [Read more...] about Vinh among five best regional scorers: Fox Sports Asia