Russian sports minister: strict anti-doping controls needed at Olympics – R-Sport (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Tuesday strict anti-doping controls were needed ahead of and during the Rio Olympic Games, R-Sport news agency reported. Mutko also said there was a tendency in recent years to blame the government for problems in sport instead of non-government bodies. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)