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Russia will not compete at next month’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping.

Speaking to Outside Source, Anna Antseliovich, the acting head of Russia's anti-doping agency (RUSADA), said: "Paralympic athletes should be given the same opportunity as Russian Olympic athletes to prove that they're clean".

(Picture: Members of Russia's Paralympic national team during a training session. Credit: Getty Images)