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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2017 20 Sport SPORTTODAY OLYMPICS FOOTBALL Doping sample re-tests from Sochi Olympics to run to 2022 - IOC THE re-testing of samples from the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics in Russia to identif y any cheats who had competed there will last another five years to 2022, the International Olympic Com- mittee said. The IOC is re-testing thou- sands of samples from the Bei- jing 2008 and London 2012 summer Games as well as the Vancouver 2010 and Sochi win- ter Olympics to root out any doping offenders. More than 100 have so far seen their sample test positive from Beijing and London alone, with dozens of medals having been stripped so far. In addition a total of 28 Rus- sian athletes who took part in Sochi, face disciplinary proceed- ings over possible manipulation of their urine samples from the Sochi Games. The IOC had said in December there was "evidence of manipula- tion of one or more of their urine samples" collected in Sochi. This follows publication late last year of the second and final part of the World Anti-Doping Agency's independent McLaren report into Russian doping. It found more than 1,000 Rus- sian competitors in more than 30 sports were involved in an institutional conspiracy to con- ceal positive drug tests over the course of five years. "The IOC has an ongoing programme of reanalysis of all stored samples from Sochi, Van- couver and London," an IOC spokesperson said on Tuesday. "The reanalysis from Sochi of samples from athletes from many different sports and coun- tries will continue through to 2022," the official told Reuters. "We have no specific timeline. The IOC will continue to com- municate on a case by case basis as soon as disciplinary proce- dures are completed." The IOC stores samples from past Games for a decade to re- test them at a later date using newer methods or searching for substances that were unknown to anti-doping officials at the time of the competition. The McLaren report into sys- tematic state-backed doping in Russia over the past years, in- cluding during Sochi, has trig- gered two IOC investigations into the affair and a re-testing of samples. Russian athletes were partly banned from competing at last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics while a decision on their partici- pation or not at the 2018 winter Games in South Korea's Pyeo- ngchang has yet to be taken. The 2014 Olympics in Sochi, a Black Sea resort in southern Russia Middle finger gesture costs Bayern's Ancelotti €5,000 BAYERN Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti will donate 5,000 eu- ros (4,244 pounds) to charity after making an obscene gesture to Hertha Berlin fans after their 1-1 draw on Saturday, the Ger- man football association (DFB) said on Tuesday. The Italian had raised his mid- dle finger after leaving the pitch at the end of the game and later said he had done it because he had been spat on by the home fans. Bayern scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time with hosts Hertha left fuming over the length of added time that was played. The DFB said it had ended an investigation into the incident in return for the charity pay- ment. "The investigation has ceased in agreement with the DFB sports court. Linked to that is that the coach of Bayern Mu- nich pays 5,000 euros to the Sepp-Herberger charity." The DFB charity is named af- ter the late Germany coach and works on several social projects. Carlo Ancelotti

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