very big decision that was largely discussed at the time now we also have to keep in mind that now wada has the world anti-doping agency has a new road map where they have decided that the russian sports ministry and the russian olympic committee are going to have to accept all of the findings the full findings of the mclaren report in order to move forward with this situation but this is something that's at this stage seems to be quite unlikely we did see the international olympic committee say that wada itself do not see the findings of the report as sufficient enough to bring successful cases. an expert cashmore he's a professor of sociology at amherst and university. lecturer a good evening to you obviously not the result the russian of the fix for the ration was hoping for where does it go to from here. i think it just has to grin and bear it it's disappointing used but let's face it not entirely. unexpected i mean the sound coming from the our there has been rather dismal over the last few months in particular who's the head of the organisation said that he's not been impressed by

sir craig reedie is a few months into his second term as president of wada, the world anti—doping agencyrt. earlier this evening i button—holed him outside his hotel as he set off for the stadium. luckily, we also managed to borrow a couple of chairs from the banqueting suite. i began by asking him how tarnished athletics is now compared to his career as a badminton player. athletics certainly suffered from the revelations in 2015, when the biggest country in the world was clearly involved in cheating, and secondly when the international federation were clearly involved themselves. this is the struggle. they are working on the struggle. i think they are making progress and i encourage them to do that, and we work closely with them as they do that. we have one of our finest athletes, mo farah, running in london under something of a cloud. his coach, alberto salazar, won't be here. there are reports, as you know, of suppression of investigations. so it isn'tjust the russians that leave a slightly sour taste. well, you can remember after the rio games, the discord and trouble caused by an o

so really if you want to boo somebody, boo wada and boo the federations.h in the heptathlon. in the pole vault, holly bradshaw's medal ambitions came crashing down, just missing out on bronze. she later said she was heartbroken. and for proof of how fine the margins can be, how about the women's 100 metres final? marie—josee ta lou thought she had won, but instead the desperate dive of tori bowie did it byjust 100th of a second. it was all about that dip. i mean, whata night. most of the medals i've won, most of the championships i've been, so why not a night? among tonight's highlights, laura muir goes in the 1500 metres final as british athletes search for that winning feeling. laura muir goes laura muirgoes in laura muir goes in herfinal at 9:50pm this evening. also keep an eye out for sophie hitchon in the hammer. she's a former ballerina who won bronze at the rio olympics last year and she has another real chance ofa year and she has another real chance of a medal tonight, clive. year and she has another real chance of a medaltonight, clive. and year

russia was accused in a wada report last year of state—sponsored doping. team was barred from last year's olympics and paralympics and they'll also miss the world championships. 19 russians will compete in london as independent athletes. we've seen progress and on some occasions some of that progress has been quicker than on other occasions and it tended to speed up a little bit when there's been a focus normally around the major championships. so it's not that there isn't any progress, but the progress we wa nt there isn't any progress, but the progress we want has to culminate in a meeting of those criteria and it's clear it's unambiguous. already one of its biggest stars has pulled out of the championships just days before it gets under way. the 800m olympic and world champion david rudisha has injured a thigh muscle. the 28—year—old kenyan also holds the world record, a mark he set at the london olympics in 2012. it comes as a big loss as he's the only person to ever run under 1:41 for the event. confirmation came on monday that nemanja matic has joine

the world anti-doping association, or wada, would back up rodchenkov's claims about the sochi doping plan in a july 2016 report. ultimately, though, only the russian track and field team would be blocked from competing in rio. putin has continued to deny the allegations. >> i doubt that he ordered the actual doping to happen but that he made clear that he wanted the athletes to win at any cost. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence agencies say the exposure of the doping scandal was one of russia's motivations for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. >> given your perspective on russia now, having been through what you've been through, what would you say to those who doubt all of this? >> watch this film. and then tell me or tell the world that you doubt what russia is capable of. it's that clear and simple. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm dan harris in new york. >> "icarus" is currently available worldwide on netflix. >>> next, the bad blood in the courtroom today between taylor swift and the man she says groped her. oh! farm-raised chic! mmm...that's some really good chicken. i

specifically for one reason because where we did see the international olympics committee say that wada itself do not see the findings of the report as sufficient enough to bring success. cases so obviously this is a story that's going to continue for some time yet in the meantime though the bomb russian fleet continues to bring us all the details that funky. now the newly elected constituent assembly in venezuela getting down to business they spiked a wave of protests sweeping the full story after this break. called the future we don't need. everyone in the world should you. leave and you. will. the old according to just. come along for the ride. you can import healthcare from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result people's health is declining and life expectancy is falling childbirth increasing because of these were not pleased with the lack of competition. welcome back as they mark the first working day for the new constituent assembly in venezuela that was elected at the weekend the vote was followed by violent protest it's now be

that's at this stage seems to be quite unlikely we did see the international olympic committee say that wada itself do not see the findings of the report as sufficient enough to bring successful cases. this cashmore professor of sociology at aston university and a sports a media lecturer says that they are still hasn't put forward evidence to prove its claims that russia is quite wide to hold out and said well hang on before we actually admit that the was state sponsored doping let's examine the evidence in fact let's let the rest of the world decide and that evidence is not forthcoming so the contrition that the i declare has been waiting for has just not materialized and i think probably with good reason i think as long as this kind of let's not call it conflict but a difference of perspective continues then this ban is probably going to continue. on thursday marks the first working day for the new constituent assembly in venezuela that was elected at the weekend the vote was followed by violent protests has now been unrest in venezuela for four months already with the opposition demanding

. >> narrator: steve fainaru and his brother mark fainaru-wada are investigative reporters. steve has a pulitzer prize for reporting in iraq. mark broke the barry bonds steroids story. for frontline, espn and in their own book, they've been investigating how the nfl has handled evidence that football may be destroying the brains of nfl players. >> i think in the simplest form, one major piece of our reporting just revolves around the simple question of what did the nfl know and when did it know it. >> narrator: the nfl would not cooperate with the fainaru brothers, nor would it talk to frontline. >> we went to new york to meet with them and say, "look, this is what we're doing. we'd like you to participate. we'd like you to make available these various people." and the nfl's message was, "sorry, we're not going to help you." >> narrator: but they continued to report the story, beginning with mike webster's career in the nfl. >> there's almost a darwinian quality about the nfl. webster wanted to prove to the world that he was going to be the toughest, and he did anything that

the second year that we're working together, there is an investigation that's been launched by the wadagation was launched because of this german television documentary. and it's alleging that there is a state-sponsored system in russia to dope the athletes and grigory is under investigation. november 2015, they release the findings of these reports. but it's only track and field at the time. but it's alleging that this system is true, and that grigory is essentially behind it. and in a period of about five days, putin is on state television denying all the allegations. not only is he denying it, he's saying that this is an individual act and anybody who was part of this will be held individually responsible and punishment will be absolute. and grigory and i are skyping. and we're having a conversation about five days after. he has two fsb, kgb agents living in his home guarding him. he tells me that there is a suicide plan in place that they're going to kill him and that he needs to get out of moscow. and i buy him a plane ticket on my credit card. it was just -- it was -- i just felt