Chair of the CRC, Jonathan Taylor QC attends a news conference after World Anti-Doping Agency's extraordinary Executive Committee (ExCo) meeting that has banned Russian athletes from all major sporting events in the next four years, in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
LAUSANNE/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's national team will not be able to play at the 2022 World Cup as an official Russian side following doping sanctions that bar the country from major sporting events for four years, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday.
However, the ruling leaves open the possibility that Russia could play at the tournament, due to be held in Qatar, on a "neutral basis" -- something that has left world soccer's governing body FIFA facing an unprecedented situation.
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