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Doping officers constantly monitor Russian footballers, says coach
Moscow, Nov 28 (IANS) Doping officers constantly come on inspection visits to the Russian national football team and they have reported no violations whatsoever, head coach Stanislav Cherchesov told journalists on Tuesday.
Canadian sports law professor Richard McLaren, who headed an Independent Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency, announced in June that Russia had a system to cover up acts of doping abuse in football.
According to McLaren, a special bank with clean doping samples was allegedly in place and was used for samples’ substitution, reports Tass news agency.
The Mail on Sunday came up with a report that FIFA was holding investigations in regard to 34 Russian footballers, including 23 from the country’s national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
In response to all allegations, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that all doping samples of Russian footballers, collected at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, tested negative for banned performance enhancing drugs.
“I can say about the players mentioned in media reports,” Cherchesov said. “We have nothing to do with this, because doping officers come regularly to each team’s training session and they come whenever they want, at any hour of the day and collect doping samples from any player they name.”
“For instance in Krasnodar, doping samples were collected from all players of the team,” the head coach said. “This is why we are open and no complaints in regard to us were voiced.”
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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