Russia will be able to have a boxing team at Rio 2016, which starts in Brazil on 5 August
Russia will have 271 athletes eligible to compete at the Rio Games, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a doping scandal.
Brazil is the first South American country to host the Olympics
The 31st Olympic Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.
Athletes from 206 nations and a refugee team are in Brazil to compete in 31 sports and be watched by a global audience of billions.
Muhammad Ali retired from boxing in 1981
Muhammad Ali is still in hospital two days after being admitted with a respiratory issue.
There has been no official update on Ali's condition and concern has grown throughout Friday.
Nesta Carter (second from left) and Usain Bolt (second from right) won gold for Jamaica in Beijing
Jamaica's Usain Bolt could lose one of the three gold medals he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Reuters report that the 'A' sample of one of his team-mates in the 4x100m, Nesta Carter, was found to contain the banned substance Methylhexanamine.
Boxing great Muhammad Ali is being treated in a hospital for a respiratory issue, a spokesman for the former world heavyweight champion has confirmed.
Ali, 74, is being treated by doctors as a precaution and is described as being in a "fair condition". A brief hospital stay is expected.
