A man walks from the Russian National Olympic Committee building in Moscow, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo)Russia's athletics federation has approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an attempt to overturn World Athletics' decision to keep Russian athletes suspended from international competitions because of the war in Ukraine.World Athletics banned athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus from all international events in March 2022, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine.The governing body decided to continue the suspension at its council meeting last week. The move came even as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently eased its restrictions on Russian athletes ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and recommended that other international sports federations fol