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    Russia's athletes should stay banned from international competition and not be allowed to take part in the Rio Games, says a leading Olympic official. International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has also branded Russia's anti-doping agency and athletics body as "rotten to the core". Russia was suspended following accusations of state-sponsored doping. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) meets on Friday to discuss lifting the ban. Russia was suspended from all track and field by the IAAF in November after an independent report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) depicted a culture of widespread state-sponsored cheating by Russia's athletes, with even the secret services involved. The country's sports minister Vitaly Mutko ...

    At a major international football tournament the first time that has ever happened. It's a vital game for two teams looking to escape the group stages, and it's happening at 2pm on a weekday. But does that mean you can't watch it? We decided to check exactly what your boss can - and can't - do to employees who bunk off, tune in at work, slide off to the pub or pull a sickie. Here are your rights: Can you make your boss give you time off? Long answer: You can still make the case to them that it would be better for everyone that they did. Shakespeare Martineau employment lawyer Chris Kisby said: “A blanket refusal may be counterproductive. Euro 2016 might be an opportunity to improve employee engagement and productivity by allowing staff to watch or listen to matches.” You ...

    Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were alerted two years ago to paedophile Sir Clement Freud' s connection to the case, but did nothing, one of his victims has revealed. Vicky Hayes, who was groomed by Freud for years before he raped her as a teenager, was left with an uneasy feeling about Freud's motives after reading that he had befriended the McCann family and cooked for them at his holiday home in Praia da Luz, Portugal. She said it was odd that Freud had sought out the McCanns, because he was a private person who did not enjoy the media spotlight when he was not performing. In her book, Madeleine, Kate McCann describes how Freud contacted the family two months after the three-year-old disappeared and invited them for dinner at his villa ar...

    The report came as officials probe the online history of the 29-year-old. Reports said Mateen's second wife was cooperating with agents Facebook The second wife of the Orlando gunman has reportedly told federal agents she knew in advance about the attack that left 49 people dead and tried to talk her husband out of going ahead with it. As officials said they were searching the online history of Omar Mateen and also probing whether he had an accomplice, it was reported his second wife had once dropped him off at the Pulse night club because he wanted to scope it, and had been with him to buy ammunition and a holster. NBC said that agents from the FBI had questioned Mateen’s second wife, Noor Zahi Salman, 30, who apparently lived with the gunman and their three-year-old son ...