MOSCOW, July 9 : The Russian Athletics Federation said on Thursday it had lodged an appeal with sport's highest court over the World Athletics Council's decision to extend the suspension of Russian athletes from international competitions.The council reaffirmed the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes

IOC president says athletes should not be punished for “actions of their governments”, but decision isn’t binding on governing bodies.

Russia’s track and field federation says it has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a World Athletics ruling suspending its athletes from international events…