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OLYMPICSMOSCOW -- Russias top Olympic official says he expects a final decision by Sunday on whether the entire Russian team will be banned from next months games in Rio.The International Olympic Committee is examining the legal options following a report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren that accused Russias sports ministry of overseeing doping of the countrys Olympic athletes.Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov says the issue will be finally resolved by the end of this week, probably on Sunday.The Court of Arbitration for Sport will issue its verdict Thursday on Russias appeal to overturn the IAAF ban on its track and field athletes for the games. The IOC will take that into account before making its own decision.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The World Anti-Doping Agency said it has reinstated the laboratory that will carry out drug testing for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, which start in just over two weeks.The lab was shuttered last month for what WADA called nonconformity with International Standard for Laboratories.In a statement, WADA says the Rio laboratory has successfully complied with the ISLs requirements for reinstatement and no further suspension is required.The statement will be a relief for local organizers and the International Olympic Committee, which would have been forced to send thousands of samples abroad for testing.The Rio Olympics have faced myriad problems: the Zika epidemic, soaring crime and security worries, slow ticket sales and severe water pollution in venues for sailing, rowing, canoeing, triathlon and distance swimming.COLLEGE FOOTBALLPRINCETON, N.J. -- The Ivy League will use an experimental rule this season to move kickoffs to the 40-yard line and touchbacks to the 20-yard line in an effort to reduce concussions and further promote the safety and welfare of its student-athletes.The goal of the experimental rule is to limit kickoff returns, which account for 23.4 percent of concussions during games despite representing only 5.8 percent of overall plays. The Ivy League will evaluate the concussion and kickoff return data after the season.The request was made to the NCAA as a part of The Ivy Leagues overall review of concussions, which began with football in 2010 and has included eight other sports to date (mens and womens lacrosse, mens and womens ice hockey, mens and womens soccer, wrestling, rugby).It will only be used in conference games.AUTO RACINGINDIANAPOLIS -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. will not race again this month because of concussion-like symptoms and the No. 88 car will be turned over to trusted former teammate Jeff Gordon for the next two weeks.Hendrick Motorsports announced that Earnhardt has not yet been cleared to drive by doctors and will miss Sundays Brickyard 400 as well as next weekends race at Pocono. NASCARs most popular driver has been battling balance issues and nausea since a July 2 crash at Daytona.Earnhardt pulled himself out of the car last weekend in New Hampshire and was replaced by Alex Bowman. After another medical evaluation Tuesday in Pittsburgh, doctors told Earnhardt to take more time off.Team owner Rick Hendrick says the team is looking forward to having NASCARs most popular driver back racing soon.Gordon is the only five-time winner of the Brickyard 400 and race organizers billed the 2015 race as his last ride in Indy. Since retiring at the end of last season, he served primarily as a commentator for Fox Sports.SOCCERLONDON -- Russias hosting of the World Cup is becoming increasingly problematic for FIFAs leaders after the International Olympic Committee withdrew support for sporting events being staged in the doping-tainted nation.The IOCs move followed this weeks second damning World Anti-Doping Agency report, which accused Russia of state-sponsored doping.The scandal landed at FIFAs door after Russian soccer was for the first time implicated in the alleged doping cover-up by a country that has been entrusted with soccers most prestigious event in 2018.Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, whose department is accused of orchestrating the deception, is also head of the countrys soccer federation and is a member of FIFAs ruling council.Soccers governing body is standing by the 2018 hosts -- just as it has done throughout six years of scrutiny since the contentious vote to hand the World Cup to Russia for the first time.HOCKEYNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A chancellor will rule within the week on whether a co-owner of the Nashville Predators can keep his lawsuit against the teams ownership group in a Tennessee court or have to submit to arbitration.Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle heard nearly three hours of arguments on a motion that would force David Freeman out of her court and back into arbitration with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.Freeman, a former team chairman, sued Predators Holdings LLC and current team chairman Tom Cigarran on June 23 and is seeking $250 million in damages for his original 48 percent stake in the team being diluted.The lawsuit states that Freeman, through Commodore Trust, organized the Holdings investment group in 2007 to keep the Predators in Nashville. 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New Zealand will aim to summon Jonah Lomus smiling assassin spirit when seeking revenge over Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.Captain Kieran Read admitted the All Blacks have talked at length this week about former wing Lomu, who died a year ago on Friday, aged just 40.The All Blacks will pay tribute to Lomu in Saturdays Aviva Stadium showdown, where New Zealand are aiming to atone for their first-ever loss to Ireland, the 40-29 defeat in Chicago.Giant wing Lomu changed rugby forever with his bullocking running, winning 63 caps between 1994 and 2002, only to suffer serious kidney problems later.Weve certainly spoken about it as a group, said Read when asked if New Zealand will pay tribute to Lomu this weekend. Hes one of our legends in this All Blacks family, we certainly feel for his family at this time of the year.Its extra motivation for the group, so well be playing for him and his family. But the other thing is the earthquake, thats something else thats on a lot of the guys minds.Early on Monday, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in New Zealand left two people dead, triggered a small tsunami and brought down rocks and mud that swept across highways.Read continued: So the best way we can honour all of that is to go out there and perform on the pitch.He admitted suffering his first defeat as All Blacks captain against Ireland in Chicago has made for an uncomfortable two weeks since.New Zealland have the chance to avenge that Soldier Field loss this weekend however, and Read insisted it is vital the All Blacks produce a performance worthy of the late Lomu.ddddddddddddRead revealed Lomu as the reason he started playing rugby himself, having watched from the terraces as a youngster as the potent winger carved up defences for Counties Manukau.To me he was a massive inspiration, hes the reason why I played footie, said Read. I grew up in the area where he was from and played his footie, and I went to watch him every weekend.It would have been down at Pukekohe Stadium, watching him for Counties, and he was just a legend for what he did on the pitch. But also his smile, and how he conducted himself off the pitch, that shone through too. He was a top man.Its something I guess we can perhaps use on an individual level. But the way we can do that is by preparing and playing to the highest standard. Every time he ran out he did that and thats what well try to do tomorrow.That defeat in Chicago makes guys uncomfortable, suffering the loss and how to deal with it. So you might look back on this as defining, the loss and how you respond to it. Weve never had it easy coming to Ireland and the Aviva, and we certainly wont have it easy this weekend either. ' ' '