FIFA finds no doping cases in Russia's World Cup squad

FIFA drug tested Russia's preliminary World Cup squad following the release of the McLaren reports and found "insufficient evidence" to assert an anti-doping rule violation.

The second part of professor Richard McLaren's report, published in December 2016, claimed over 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports, including football, had been involved in a doping conspiracy.

Ahead of this year's World Cup, FIFA took advice from McLaren and pre-emptively tested the country's initial 28-man squad for the tournament.

"FIFA can today confirm that the investigations concerning all Russian players named for the provisional squad of the World Cup in Russia have been completed, with the result that…