Dick Pound asked what he would do if Russia don't voluntarily withdraw their athletes from the Rio Olympics.

"We'd like to see the IAAF suspend the Russian Federation," says Pound.

"f they all do their job , no entries would be accepted in the Olympics from that nation, supported by the International Olympic Committee."

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Is Seb Coe the right man to lead IAAF out of this mess, Pound is asked.

"I think he is," the chairman of the Commission answers.

"My guess is he was taken unaware. We were too. Some of the things we found were nasty surprises to us.

"I think Seb Coe will grasp this and will bring about changes in athletics. I hope so because his sport is at risk if he does."

Dick Pound is taking questions now.

"For 2016 our recommendation is that the Russian Federation be suspended," he says in answer to a question about the next Olympics in Rio.

"One of our hopes is they will volunteer (to do that) so they can undertake the remedial work to allow Russian athletes to compete under a new framework.

"If they don't, and this plays out, the outcome maybe that there are no Russian track and field athletes in Rio. I hope they recognise it's time to change and make those changes."

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Dick Pound: "It is pretty disturbing and the particular advantage we had in this case is that we had documents, recordings, and witness statements. It is disappointing to see the nature and extent of what is going on. It is worse than we thought. It has the effect of affecting results on the field of play. The opportunity is there to stay it exists, stop it and let's make a new start and I hope Russia can take it on."

Dick Pound, with some serious stuff about Russia: "It's our hope the parties involved in these recommendations will accept them in the spirit they are meant, including Wada.

"Since Russia is the particular country involved in the matter investigated, it is appropriate to say the commission organised a special meeting with the Russian minister of sport. He invited the commission to make recommendations that wold allow Russia to contribute (to making Russia) a non-doping country.

"We advised the minister in advance he would not be pleasedwith the recommendations. He is going to have to live with that. We  hope that Russia will take a lead (now)."

Dick Pound: "We have provided Wada with sanction packages on individuals who had not been previously identified, identified possible criminal incidents, made findings and recommendations on the Russian laboratory, reported on intereference with doping controls up to and including this year, and found cover-ups and payments of money to conceal doping tests.

This is huge...

Dick Pound: "The commission wants to congratulate the individuals who were courageous enough to be whistle-blowers in this investigation.

"We need - and this commission will urge Wada - to find more and better ways to ensure more persons like this come forward and contribute to the integrity of sport, without the risks of retaliation and concerns for their safety."

Dick Pound: "The second portion [which has not been released] deals with allegations from August this year over suspicious test results which may or may not have been diligently observed by the IAAF.

"There is lots of data to be analysed so that is being done as we speak. We expect that to be reported on before the end of the year."

The independent commission say Wada should tell the IOC not to accept any entries from the Russian athletics federation until they comply with the Wada code.

Independent Commission chairman Dick Pound: "There will be a decision by criminal authorities on whether they will be prosecutions and then we will be in a position to release the full report."

Dick Pound continues: "As the investigation went on we discovered information that not only related to sport corruption in the general sense of it, but also to possible criminal actions as ell.

"That has been turned over to Interpol for investigation and review."

"We communicated the report to Wada last Thursday," says Dick Pound,who, as chairman of the commission, is doing all the speaking right now.

He explains how the commission was set up and says the report was "essentially limited to Russia and athletics"..

From our Sports Editor in Geneva

You can download all 335 pages of the report via Wada's website, external.

The three men who have carried out the independent commission for Wada have taken their seats at the news conference.

They are Dick Pound, chair of the commission, Richard McLaren, and Gunter Younger.

They're just beginning to talk now. This should be interesting. Do not go anywhere.

From BBC News reporter Alex Capstick...

The World Anti Doping Agency have said that Russia should be suspended from competition until improved measures are taken. 

They've also accused the Russian government of 'direct intimidation' over their Moscow doping lab, which they say should lose its accreditation. 

A further recommendation says that 5 athletes and 5 coaches should be given lifetime doping bans. 

Much more to follow - you can listen to the press conference which is now due to start around 14:10 on BBC Radio 5 live 

A total of 133 Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been included on the British Athletics funding list for 2015-2016 which has been announced.

Rising sprint star Zharnel Hughes has been given full Olympic Podium funding along with Dina Asher-Smith, Sophie Hitchon, Laura Muir and Lorraine Ugen.

On the Paralympic side, World Championship gold medallists Georgie Hermitage and Kadeena Cox have been included but Commonwealth Games gold medallist Libby Clegg has lost her funding.

You can find the full list, external on the British Athletics website.

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More on the news that the International Olympic Committee have called for former IAAF president Lamine Diack to be provisionally suspended...

The 82-year old from Senegal is accused of being complicit in a cover-up of doping by Russian athletes. French police confirmed that he is under investigation for allegedly receiving more than 1 million euros to cover up doping.  

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His son Papa Massata Diack, advisor Habib Cisse and the former IAAF anti-doping chief Gabriel Dolle are also being investigated by French police. 

We're expecting to hear a lot more over the next hour or so with the World Anti-Doping Agency due to publish its report into allegations of widespread doping among Russian athletes. 

You'll be able to hear the press conference in full from 14:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live