Equestrian - Russian team says admitted to Rio Olympics

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's equestrian team has been allowed by the sport's federation (FEI) to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio, R-Sport news agency cited the Russian Equestrian Federation (REF) as saying on Tuesday.

"We have received a reply from the international equestrian federation which said that the Russian team is admitted to the Olympics," the agency quoted an REF official as saying by telephone.

(Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Alexander Winning)