Monday, June 13, 2016

Column: State-run doping, thugs, what next from Russia? (The Associated Press)

A man is arrested by police officers in downtown Marseille, France, Saturday, June 11, 2016. Riot police have thrown tear gas canisters at soccer fans Saturday in Marseille's Old Port in a third straight day of violence in the city. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

With Russia, the problems continue to mount. For UEFA, the European governing body of football, the case against Russia should be clear-cut. The European Championship, its flagship tournament, was off to a promising start in France before organized Russian thugs descended on the port city of Marseille with just one thought in their tiny minds: to crack English skulls.


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