MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s fencing team has been cleared by the sport’s governing federation (FIE) to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio, R-Sport news agency cited the FIE as saying on Wednesday. (Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Jack Stubbs)
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