Russia: Vitaly Mutko suspends his role as president of the Russian Football Federation for 6 months

Vitaly Leontyevich Mutko, the Russian deputy prime minister in charge of sports, has suspended his duties as president of the Russian Football Federation in order to challenge his lifetime ban from the Olympic Games by the IOC because of the institutionalised doping scandal in Russian athletics, Mutko stated on 25/12/2017.

"For the period of...