Athletics doping scandal could scare off sponsors

The scandal over Russian doping in athletics could send sponsors running for cover and turn off fans worried that their track and field heroes may be cheats. Several major brands are already dealing with the fall-out from the corruption scandal engulfing the world’s footballing body, Fifa. Now the World Anti-Doping Agencys (Wada) recommendation on Monday that Russia be banned from athletics competitions for doping adds to their concern. Nov 11, 2015