FIFA has promised it will take appropriate measures against Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko if it is satisfied he was personally involved in the countrys doping scandal. Bryan Shaw Jersey . Mutko, the president of the Russian Football Union and chairman of the organising committee of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, has been a member of FIFAs Council (formerly known as the executive committee) since 2009.But the 57-year-olds position in world sport is under threat after he was implicated in Richard McLarens devastating report into state-directed doping in Russia.Set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in response to media reports of widespread cheating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the report said more than 30 different sports, including football, had benefited from various schemes to cheat anti-doping rules directed from Mutkos ministry.The Canadian law professors report said it was inconceivable that Mutko did not know what was going on and accused him of personally intervening to cover up a positive test belonging to a foreign player in the Russian Premier League. A look at the astonishing figures behind the doping problem in Russian sport WADA issued a statement later on Monday with seven recommendations, including one for FIFA that its ethics committee look into allegations concerning football and the role played by a member of its executive committee, Vitaly Mutko.Spokespeople from FIFA and FIFAs independent ethics committee said the two bodies would be asking WADA for the details of the Mutko allegations before deciding what to do, with the ethics committee taking the lead on any disciplinary action.If the report reveals violations of the FIFA code of ethics, the investigatory chamber will take appropriate measures and inform accordingly, the ethics committee spokesman said.Mutko, who has been Russias sports minister since 2008 and has played a huge role in the countrys hosting of numerous major sports events in recent years, has received a vote of confidence from his boss, Vladimir Putin. Mutko is also president of the Russian Football Union The Russian president acted quickly to suspend all other leading officials mentioned in McLarens report, including Mutkos deputy Yuri Nagornykh, but the minister himself has survived.According to official news agency TASS, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: Mutko was not mentioned in WADAs report as a person behind the wrongdoings... He is not mentioned as an actual perpetrator.And following publication of the report, Mutko reiterated his belief that no state-backed doping had taken place.Quoted by the Interfax news agency, Mutko said: I can say once again, there are no state doping schemes in Russia. Also See: IOC to discuss Russia ban FIFA should investigate Mutko Russia state sponsored doping Putin questions report Charlie Blackmon Jersey ., climbed from seventh to fifth spot in womens competition Sunday at the ISU world junior figure skating championships. DJ LeMahieu Jersey . 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The Chinese capital proposed dates that could conflict with the Super Bowl.As the only two contenders remaining in a race depleted by withdrawals, both cities made presentations to the general assembly of the Association of National OIympic Committees — the first international promotional pitches by the bid finalists.Almaty bid committee board member Ilya Urazakov said the main Olympic Park would be 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the city centre, and that all venues would be within a 35-kilometre (22-mile) radius.We are proposing the most compact winter games in the last 30 years, Urazakov said.The compact bid was a contrast to Beijing, which would host Nordic events in Zhangjiakou, 160 kilometres (100 miles) to the north. China says a high-speed railway will link the cities in 50 minutes.Beijing is a strong favourite and has already established its organizing efforts and a marketing and media campaign, while Almaty has had a lower profile. The Kazakhstan city of 1.5 million received lower scores in a technical evaluation report earlier this year from the International Olympic Committee.Urazakov said eight of the 13 proposed venues were existing facilities, three more would be built by 2016 regardless of the outcome of the Olympic bid, and two more would be built if the bid was successful — a 12,000-seat stadium for skating events, and a 3,000-seat facility for curling.The bid includes a 10-hectare (25-acre) Olympic village, and a 5,500-bed athlete village.Beijing, which hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, is aiming to become the first city to hold both the summer and winter games.The games will be reliable, secure, and risk-free, Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun saaid. Greg Holland Jersey. Wang said Beijings games would be held Feb. 4-20, while Almaty did not specify dates. Beijings proposed dates could conflict with the Super Bowl, the NFL championship game which usually is held in the first week of February.This years Super Bowl will be played on Feb. 1, with the next two on Feb. 7 and Feb. 5. The past 11 Super Bowls have all been played on dates between Feb. 1-7. The dates for the 2022 Super Bowl have not yet been decided.Beijings proposed start date would be the earliest since the 1976 Innsbruck Games opened on Feb. 4.The 2022 host city will be selected next year at the IOC assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 31.A year ago, Beijing was a long shot to land the 2022 Games, particularly with other Asian countries already lined up to host the next two Olympics: the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.But then public opposition and financial concerns in Europe began whittling the field of candidates one by one. St. Moritz/Davos and Munich dropped proposed bids after they were rejected in referendums in Switzerland and Germany. Stockholm; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; and Oslo, Norway, all dropped out of the race.China was widely reported to have spent more than $40 billion overall on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.In Fridays presentation, Beijing officials repeatedly stressed they would put on sustainable and economical games.The Beijing bid said the games would include existing infrastructure from 2008 and declared the Olympics would leave a powerful legacy by developing a winter sports market for China and east Asia.Beijing 2022 will be able to minimize costs in areas ranging from venue construction to games operations, Wang said. Standards for venues and operations will be carefully formulated and associated budgets controlled. 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