Russia

Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova has been stripped of her bronze medal won at the 2008 summer Olympic Games after she tested positive for banned substances in re-tests of samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today (Tuesday) reduced the doping ban handed out to Maria Sharapova by nine months, potentially allowing the Russian tennis superstar to make her first major return to action at the 2017 French Open.

Former Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has confirmed that she will stand in the All Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) presidential election this year.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has been re-elected as president of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has revealed that five bidders have come forward for the hosting rights to its World Swimming Championships (25m) in 2022 and 2024, including the Russian city of Kazan.

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk will host its 2020 World Chess Olympiad.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has blamed Russian hackers for posting confidential medical information online about top US Olympians.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has said it will strip hosting rights for its 2021 World Championships from the Russian city of Tyumen should further revelations emerge from the doping scandal surrounding sport in the country.

The International Biathlon Union has awarded hosting rights for the 2020 and 2021 editions of its World Championships to Antholz in Italy and the Russian city of Tyumen respectively.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that it will not allow individual Russian athletes to compete at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The Swiss Federal Court has refused to issue a preliminary injunction that would have allowed Russian athletes to compete at the Rio Paralympic Games.

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has said its ban from the summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro also incorporates the next edition of the winter Paralympics in 2018, as Russian officials made their latest appeal against the blanket ban imposed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko have slammed today’s (Tuesday’s) decision to maintain the country’s blanket ban from the forthcoming summer Paralympic Games as politically motivated, with the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) set to take its case to the Swiss Supreme Court.

Russia will be forced to miss the upcoming summer Paralympic Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Tuesday) upheld the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision to ban the nation’s athletes from the event.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ordered Russia yesterday (Tuesday) to return its gold medals from the 4x100m women’s relay athletics competition at the 2008 summer Beijing Olympic Games after Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive for banned substances in a re-analysis of her sample.

Russia will find out next Monday if it has been successful in appealing against its ban from this year’s summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.