Court of Arbitration for Sport to hear appeals from 39 banned Russians next week


FILE PHOTO - The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) is pictured in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

(Reuters) - The cases of 39 Russian athletes given lifetime Olympic bans following doping violations at the 2014 Sochi Games will be heard next week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Wednesday.

CAS said in a statement the hearings would begin on Monday in Geneva and run into the weekend, with verdicts being issued sometime the following week.

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