LONDON: Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko apologised on Sunday (Monday in Manila) for the doping scandal that threatens the athletic superpower’s participation in the Rio Olympics.

Mutko, writing in The Sunday Times, admitted the Russian Athletics Federation and athletes had made “serious mistakes” breaking anti-doping rules.

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