Ben Rumsby reports on the suspension:

Russian was condemned to a humiliating exile from world athletics on Friday night after the sport resorted to desperate measures to confront the worst drugs scandal in history.

The world’s largest country became the first to be banned for doping offences as the International Association of Athletics Federations acted decisively over an independent investigation that found the Russians guilty of a state-sponsored programme which “sabotaged” the London Olympics.

An emergency meeting of the IAAF council saw it agree to impose a provisional suspension on the All-Russia Athletics Federation (Araf) which, until lifted, would prevent its track-and-field athletes competing internationally, including at the Olympics.