Russia

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has provided updates in the governance disputes it has held with the national governing bodies of Brazil, Japan and Russia, while assigning staging rights for its 2016 U17 World Championships for Men and Women to Spain under a new hosting model.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko is set to become president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) once again after his only rival opted to withdraw his candidacy ahead of September’s election.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has criticised the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) decision to suspend the country’s governing body, stating he will hold talks to resolve the matter.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said world football’s governing body has passed a resolution offering its full backing to Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup amid ongoing investigations into the bidding process for the tournament and cut-backs in preparations for the event.

The FISE World Series has unveiled a shortlist of four candidates to host new action sports events on its annual calendar from 2016.

Sports and betting-related data company Sportradar has agreed a deal to become the official sports data partner of the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) club competition.

The Russian Football Union has confirmed new restrictions on the number of foreign footballers allowed to compete in the Russian Premier League.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law restricting the number of foreign players allowed to compete in the country’s domestic sports leagues.

Alexey Sorokin, chief executive of the organising committee for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, has maintained the Russian government’s latest substantial cut to the budget for the national team football tournament is not a “sensational” move.

Domenico Scala, the head of the auditing and compliance committee at football’s world governing body Fifa, has said that the award of hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar could be annulled if evidence of bribery emerges.

Nikolai Tolstykh has been fired as president of the cash-strapped Russian Football Union (RFU), with officials maintaining the decision will have no effect on the country’s preparations to host the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

The Russian government has made further cuts to the budget for preparations for the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament.

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) president Dmitry Chernyshenko has said the pan-European ice hockey competition is in talks to add a Shanghai team and is targeting hosting a 2015-16 regular season game in China.

Italian Serie A football clubs AS Roma and Inter Milan, along with French Ligue 1 team AS Monaco, have agreed to pay fines and reduce the size of their squads in European competition under the latest round of settlements announced through Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.

Sailing’s World Match Racing Tour has confirmed the addition of new events in Russia and France for the 2015-16 campaign.

Fifa has hit out at German rights partner ARD after the public-service broadcaster aired a documentary surrounding the bidding process and preparations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar.