Russia

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland has rejected the appeals of two leading Russian athletes against the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to uphold a ban on the country’s track and field stars competing at the 2016 Olympic Games.

The International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision to impose a blanket ban on Russian athletes for its upcoming 2016 summer Games in Rio de Janeiro will “unfairly punish” clean athletes, according to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

Russian Paralympic Committee president Vladimir Lukin has suggested that the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision to block Russian athletes from competing at the Rio 2016 summer Paralympic Games was “politically motivated” as he vowed to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled yesterday (Thursday) that bans on two Russian rowers and a swimmer with histories of doping were unenforceable, opening the door to a multitude of appeals on the eve of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected appeals filed by the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) and a group of Russian rowers against their exclusion from the 2016 summer Olympic Games, while World Sailing has reversed a sanction imposed on Pavel Sozykin.

European Club Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has stated that he expects the Fifa Confederations Cup to be scrapped following its 2017 edition in Russia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Tuesday) received almost unanimous backing from its membership for its stance on the Russian doping scandal, with president Thomas Bach speaking out against the “nuclear option” of imposing a total ban on Russia at the forthcoming summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has defended the timing of the publication of Professor Richard McLaren’s report into doping in Russia.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has become the second International Federation (IF) to apply a blanket ban on Russian athletes competing at the forthcoming summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach sought to defend its decision not to exclude Russia’s entire team.

Eleven weightlifters, including three Russian medallists, returned positive samples in the second wave of doping retests from the 2012 London Olympics, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has said, as more International Federations (IFs) issued their verdicts on Russian participation at Rio 2016.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Wednesday) rejected a plea from Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko to overturn its ban on athletes competing at the upcoming summer Olympic Games, as more International Federations (IFs) issued their verdicts on Russian eligibility.

International Judo Federation (IJF) president Marius Vizer has said the sport’s Russian team will be allowed to compete at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, as International Federations (IFs) today continued to make their stances known on the subject.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has hit out at the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling over the presence of Russian athletes at the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games, as International Federations (IFs) today (Monday) began to digest the impact of the decision.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected widespread calls to impose a complete ban on Russia from the forthcoming summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, instead electing to leave it to individual International Federations (IFs) to decide which athletes should be allowed to compete.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has labelled today’s ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the eligibility of Russian athletes for the 2016 Olympic Games as “biased” and “humiliating” for sports as officials lashed out at the verdict ahead of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision on whether to impose a blanket ban.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Thursday) welcomed the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to uphold its ban on Russian athletes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games, stating the ruling creates a “level playing field” for athletes.