FIFA says it is still investigating allegations that Russia s 2014 World Cup squad were involved in a doping programme.
A report in the Mail on Sunday claimed that the 23-man squad at the finals in Brazil, along with another 11 footballers, are people of interest to officials at the heart of the probe into state-sponsored doping in Russia.
World football s governing body says allegations surrounding players mentioned in the 2016 McLaren report continue to be looked at but it stressed that the Russian squad at the last World Cup did not fail any post-match or pre-tournament doping tests.
It added that all similar tests carried out at the Confederations Cup finals this month have been negative.
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