Russia

The governing board of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has insisted that its decision to turn down a request by the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) to enter athletes into upcoming qualification events for the 2018 winter Olympics “does not necessarily close the door” on Russian participation at the Games.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance in a re-analysis of samples from the 2008 summer Games in Beijing, China.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has opened a formal investigation into the Russian Biathlon Union after dropping proceedings against 22 of 29 athletes who were placed under investigation last month following the publication of the McLaren report into doping.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that Quebec City in Canada will stage its 2017 Cross-Country World Cup Final after the Russian resort of Tyumen withdrew its hosting rights for the event.

Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has said the country could bid to stage the 2028 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite being in the midst of a doping scandal that has led to the nation being stripped of the hosting rights to various events.

A group of National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) has called for a blanket ban on Russia from all international competitions until the country can prove it has implemented an effective anti-doping system.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has reassigned its 2016-17 World Cup round that was due to be staged in Russia to Kontiolahti, Finland.

Two International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup events scheduled to take place in Russia next month have been cancelled due to financial reasons, the sport’s global governing body has announced.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has issued new guidelines for Russian athletes seeking to compete in a neutral capacity while their country remains banned from track and field events, widening the pool of contenders to those who have undergone thorough testing in their home nation.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Friday) opened disciplinary proceedings against 28 Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, as President Vladimir Putin issued further denials regarding the existence of a state-sponsored doping system in the country.

Russia has lost three more winter sports events in 2017, with the International Skating Union (ISU) and International Biathlon Union (IBU) both opting to steer clear of the country in the wake of the publication of the second part of the McLaren Report into doping amongst the nation’s athletes.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has maintained that Russia is set to retain hosting rights to the 2018 World Cup as fresh information emerged surrounding the role of football in the wide-ranging doping scandal affecting Russian sport.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has announced that Königssee in Germany will host its 2017 World Championships after the event was stripped from the Russian city of Sochi last week.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has withdrawn its 2017 World Championships from Sochi amid the threat of a boycott in response to the doping scandal engulfing Russian sport.

The World Olympians Association (WOA) has called for the reintroduction of the so-called ‘Osaka Rule’ in the wake of the findings of the second part of the independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into doping in Russian sport.

Latvia has become the first nation to announce a boycott of Sochi’s 2017 Bob & Skeleton World Championships, as senior Russian officials continue to rail against the findings of the second part of the independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into doping in Russian sport.