In Rio, Portugal defeated two-time Olympic champion Argentina 2-0 and Honduras edged Algeria 3-2 in Group D action.
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Russian Federation has avoided a blanket ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from this month’s Rio Games.
“We expect the final results of this panel to be ready for publication later today”, Bach told a news conference.
Critics had called for the entire team to be banned to show systematic cheating is unacceptable. “The final will be in the report (by the IOC)”.
Zhukov said the conditions imposed by the International Olympic Committee means Russia’s 271-strong team would now be the cleanest at the Rio Games.
Bach said all global sports federations had to be informed before a final list could be released.
A three-person International Olympic Committee panel has been assessing which athletes from Russian Federation can take part after the World Anti-Doping Agency report last month.
Chinese athletes and officials say they have been affected by several cases of crime since arriving in Brazil for the Games.
But tickets are available for many top Olympic attractions, including blue riband athletics races.
These include golfer Maria Verchenova, all 11 Russian judo athletes, 31 swimmers (including two who had previously been told they would be banned), all five equestrian athletes, all 30 Russian volleyballers, and all 11 Russian boxers being cleared to compete.
CAS rejected the athletes’ appeal to be granted direct entry into the games, saying it was now up to the worldwide rowing and swimming federations to decide whether to let them in or not.
It also appears to go against International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach’s repeated statements about the importance of “natural justice”, as athletes with doping pasts will be competing in Rio for many other countries, not least the likes of sprint stars Yohan Blake and Justin Gatlin.
According to the details, the commission claimed it had found evidence that Russias sports ministry and the centre for training of Russian national teams and the Federal Security Service had covered up a doping program in Russian sports.
But Zhukov said long jumper Darya Klishina will be able to compete.
Those who win their appeals – and many legal experts think all those barred from competing here because of previous doping convictions have strong cases – could be added to the Russian delegation even after Thursday’s announcement. The IAAF has said Klishina, who is based in the United States, can compete as a “neutral athlete”.
The tribunal must still give a verdict on appeals by three swimmers, a wrestler and the Russian weightlifting federation.
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After a conference call by its executive board on July 24, the IOC urged global federations for winter sports events to suspend preparations for major competitions in Russia.
