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Posted on February 2, 2018 by Tom Hollingworth in Blogs, Sport, World Affairs // 0 Comments

Although no doubt our many readers who follow sport will already be aware of this breaking media story yesterday, I feel it is my duty to provide a link today to Martha Kelner’s piece on the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s astonishing decision to overturn the life bans imposed upon 28 Russian sportsmen and women by the IOC, as appears today upon the website of – THE GUARDIAN

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Tom Hollingsworth is a former deputy sports editor of the Daily Express. For many years he worked in a sports agency, representing mainly football players and motor racing drivers. Tom holds a private pilot’s licence and flying is his principal recreation. More Posts

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