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MOSCOW -- Former Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been chosen to chair the new supervisory board of the Russian anti-doping agency, which is struggling to recover its reputation after repeated doping scandals.The agency, known as Rusada, said in a statement on Wednesday that Isinbayeva would head a 10-person board including sports executives, academics, and a Russian sports ministry official.Isinbayeva was part of the Russian athletics team which was banned from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for widespread drug use, though she has not been accused of any wrongdoing.Isinbayeva is already a member of the International Olympic Committee, but not of its executive board, which ruled Wednesday to extend sanctions on Russia ahead of Fridays publication of the second part of World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLarens report in Russian doping cover-ups.Her appointment to Rusadas supervisory board could cause tension with WADA, which she has sharply criticized, saying McLarens accusations against Russia are unproven and calling for athlete-turned-whistleblower Yulia Stepanova to be banned for life.Isinbayevas first task at Rusada will be to persuade WADA to restore the agencys compliance status, allowing it to conduct testing again. WADA has previously said transforming Russias anti-doping system and culture is needed for that to happen.The effectiveness with which that fight (against doping) will be carried out in Russia depends on when Rusada gets back its compliance, Isinbayeva said in a statement. That is what we see our main task to be, and we will put maximum effort into it.Rusada was suspended in November 2015 after a WADA commission report accused its officials of colluding to cover up doping and giving athletes advance warning for supposedly no-notice tests. Since February, the United Kingdom anti-doping agency has handled testing in Russia.Isinbayevas appointment comes as she is a candidate to head the All-Russia Athletics Federation, which remains suspended from international competition. It was not immediately clear whether she planned to withdraw from the federation elections on Friday.Also on the Rusada supervisory board is Vadim Bairamov, head of the sports ministrys legal department, whose appointment comes despite a recent effort by the Russian government to portray Rusada as being independent of the state.The ministry is under pressure after then-Deputy Minister Yuri Nagornykh and other officials were suspended in July after McLaren said he had e-mails in which they demanded cover-ups for hundreds of failed drug tests.Since then, the government has been keen to distance itself from Rusada by removing the ministry from a group of founders which control its strategy and by changing its funding to come from the finance ministry rather than the sports ministry. The board members announced Wednesday were picked by the Russian Olympic Committee and Russian Paralympic Committee.Another board member is Viktor Berezov, a longtime sports legal official who ran Rusadas disciplinary commission from 2010 until 2014, a period when some at the organization were allegedly covering up doping. Berezov has not been accused of any malpractice.The board will select a new chief executive for Rusada at a Dec. 15 meeting, board member Stanislav Pozdnyakov told Russian agency R-Sport on Wednesday.---This story has been corrected to show that the new supervisory board consists of 10, rather than nine, people.Ultra Boost Deals . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. 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Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series.Gareth Batty branded Surreys performance unacceptable and embarrassing as they slumped to an eight-wicket defeat with almost 20 overs left unused in the Royal London Cup final at Lords.Batty, Surreys captain, admitted his side had not turned up as they succumbed to their second Lords final defeat in successive years. Collapsing from 99 for 2 to 136 all out, they gave themselves little chance of defending such a meagre total against a Warwickshire team including players such as Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell.To lose in this manner is a little bit embarrassing, Batty said. We have not really turned up today. We just got it wrong and it hurts like hell.This was, not for the first time, a disappointing surface for a major match at Lords. There are mitigating factors: the redevelopment of the Warner Stand necessitated the use of pitches towards the bottom of the square at the start of the season - they usually start at the top end here - resulting in some overly safe pitches in early season and some unusually dry ones towards the end.Meanwhile, the decision to televise the Championship decider between Middlesex and Yorkshire from the ground next week has forced them to press another mid-square surface for that game. With the ground relentlessly busy and the square exhausted, the groundstaff were left struggling for options.This pitch, then, had already been used for an ODI this season and had been glued to ensure it did not break up. That is unusual at Lords and resulted in neither side knowing quite what might constitute a par score. The way Surrey started -with Jason Roy, in particular, unleashing some magnificent strokes - it appeared 280 might be on the cards but, as the pitch slowed and Warwickshires bowlers began to gain spin and seam assistance, the relatively inexperienced middle-order failed to adjust.It was not easy, though. Jeetan Patel, bowling noticeably quicker than either of Surreys England spinners, was markedly the best potent of the slow bowlers on display. Gaining sharp turn at times, he built pressure in a masterful spell that was well supported by Ateeq Javids own waspish spin and Oliver Hannon-Dalbys control and variations. And, with Tim Ambrose taking a sharp stumping off a leg-side wide and Laurie Evans taking an outrageously good catch to end Roys dangerous innings, Surrey were allowed no release.Batty refused to blame the surface, though. Were not blaming the pitch, absolutely not, he said. Weve no one to blame but ourselves.It was obviously a tired surface, but it certainly wasnt a 136 all out surface. We just didnt adapt to what was put in front of us unfortunately and they bowled well in the conditions. We were around 90 odd for 2 so to be 136 all out was not acceptable.This defeat will sting Surrey. But, trophy or not, they can console themselves with the knowledge that they are a club progressing nicely. Not only have they achieved a respectable finish in the upper half of the Championship table - a decent effort for a recently promoted side - but, by the time the ECB finish naming their squads for tours this winter, they will have contributed 10 players to various teams.dddddddddddd Their youth system also contributed nine (10 if you include Gareth Batty, who left Yorkshire for the club while still a teenager and say he considers himself absolutely a product of Surrey) players to the two sides here, with Evans and Rikki Clarke having started their careers at the club. Yes, they use their financial might at times. But they produce players, too.The club have made progress, Batty said. Were not the finished article but when we do become that, well be the finished article for quite a long time because of the age of the squad and the quality we have in different positions in the squad.We dropped off a cliff today, but weve played good consistent cricket in this competition. In the Championship we had a real purple patch in the middle when we played some excellent cricket and challenged the best teams in the country and some wonderful players. We didnt start well and had we started better who knows where we would have been. In Twenty20 we missed out on qualifying for the quarter-finals by a point, so were not a million miles away.Weve played some very, very good cricket. When these young lads do get picked for England theyll be ready to go.There is a wider context, too. After defeating Somerset here in 2011 to win the CB40 final, the club went through a wretched period that saw the team shattered by the death of Tom Maynard. Life will never be quite the same for any of those that were at the club at the time but there is a bond between many of these young players that will not easily be broken. Certainly they have faced far greater setbacks than the loss of a cricket match.Some of this group went through some horrible times a few years ago, Batty said. So you can be relatively philosophical at times. Sometimes it can be straightforward a bit more bat and ball, but it doesnt feel like that right now. This group of players know they can be together for a very long time and they should be thinking that this is just the start of opportunities.Sometimes you can lose with dignity. I hope we lost with dignity and we allowed Warwickshire to enjoy what was a very fine performance. Hopefully we become better people and men because of that.Battys on-field persona is not to everyones taste. But, as he signed autographs - he gave his runners-up medal to one young fan - and apologised to supporters, it was a reminder that he has shepherded this club through some dark days with a calm head and a strong constitution. That the club - and its crop of young players - can now look forward to a bright future is, in no small part, thanks to him. Long after he has gone, they will owe him plenty. ' ' '