Russia

The International Olympic Committee yesterday (Tuesday) banned Russia from competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang winter Olympic Games after finding evidence of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of doping results surrounding the 2014 Games in Sochi.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) has formed a partnership with the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) to aid implementation of the national plan to fight doping in Russian sport.

Russia has no plans to boycott the 2018 winter Olympic Games should the International Olympic Committee (IOC) opt to impose restrictions on the country’s participation, a Kremlin spokesman said today (Monday).

Biathlete Olga Zaitseva has today (Friday) become the latest Russian medallist at the Sochi 2014 winter Olympic Games to be handed a life ban, as Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko again issued strong denials regarding the existence of a state-backed doping system.

World football’s governing body Fifa has said it is confident of meeting its revenue targets for the 2018 World Cup despite multiple challenges.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has moved to ban the six Russian cross-country skiers found guilty in the investigation into doping at the 2014 winter Olympic Games, stating it is “distraught over the magnitude of the systematic conspiracy."

The International Olympic Committee has today (Thursday) concluded its reanalysis of Russian drug tests from the 2012 summer Olympic Games and sanctioned two further athletes.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Wednesday) sanctioned Russian bobsledders Aleksandr Kas’yanov, Aleksei Pushkarev and Iivir Khuzin amid the ongoing fallout from the doping scandal surrounding the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

Diary entries from Grigory Rodchenkov, the key whistleblower in the Russian doping scandal, have revealed further evidence of government involvement, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) prepares to decide the country’s status for the 2018 winter Olympic Games.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to resist imposing a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the 2018 winter Olympic Games, stating such action would place the sport’s health at risk.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued life bans to a further five Russian athletes, including Sochi 2014 gold medallists Dmitrii Trunenkov and Aleksei Negodailo, as it gave its full backing to the evidence supplied by whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov and World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report author Professor Richard McLaren into the doping system in place at Russia’s winter Olympic Games.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has opted to maintain its ban on the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) stating two key criteria have yet to be met for its reinstatement, while Nanjing has held off competition from two other cities to be awarded the 2020 World Indoor Championships.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Friday) sanctioned a further four Russian athletes, including Sochi 2014 double-gold medallist Alexandr Zubkov, for their part in a state-backed doping program at Russia’s home winter Olympic Games.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has said that six Russian cross-country skiers who have been banned from the Olympic Games for life by the International Olympic Committee will be able to compete in FIS World Cup events this weekend following a hold-up in paperwork.

Only two bids remain for the 2023 International Basketball Federation (Fiba) World Cup after Russia became the second country to pull out of the race this week.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today issued life bans to a further four Russian athletes, including Sochi 2014 gold medallist Alexander Tretyakov, as part of the latest set of sanctions surrounding doping at Russia’s home winter Olympic Games.