Mutko exits as head of 2018 World Cup, Russian Football Union

Vitaly Mutko has stepped down as chairman of the local organising committee for the 2018 Fifa World Cup and the Russian Football Union (RFU) as he seeks to fight the punishment imposed on him for his alleged role in a state-backed doping system implemented for the 2014 winter Olympic Games.

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