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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has said Russia will not be banned from any major competitions amid the allegations of systematic doping in the country’s athletics set-up.

SportAccord has announced that the Russian city of Sochi will host the inaugural edition of multi-sport event the World Beach Games in 2019.

The Russian government has said the planned capacity of the Luzhniki Stadium, the centrepiece of national team football tournament the 2018 Fifa World Cup, will be scaled back by 8,000 seats.

Russia’s Sports Ministry has been given the go-ahead to change the terms of state contracts for the development of stadiums for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, including the substitution of foreign equipment and materials for locally-sourced goods in a further bid to cut costs.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has renewed its ties with SportAccord Convention by returning as a silver partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit, which takes place from April 19-24 at the Sochi Expocentre in Russia.

The Russian government has outlined plans to slash up to 27 billion rubles (€409.1m/$432.7m) from its budget for the 2018 Fifa World Cup by scaling back development plans for luxury hotels to cater for the national team football tournament.

SportAccord Convention has appointed Italian events agency Filmmaster as a silver partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit, which takes place from April 19-24 at the Sochi Expocentre in Russia.

SportAccord Convention has confirmed DB Schenker as the official transportation and logistics partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit, which takes place from April 19-24 at the Expocentre in Sochi, Russia.

SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for more than 100 international federations and organisations, has opened its first regional headquarters in Moscow.

Moscow, 7th March 2015: With the growth of domestic football in Russia and preparations to host several high-profile international sport events well underway, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) this week delivered their first safety and security workshop with the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) in Moscow.

European football’s governing body Uefa is preparing to establish a domestic league in the disputed territory of Crimea.

Croatia will stage the third round of this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship after Sochi withdrew its hosting rights due to financial difficulties.

The 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi generated an operating profit of R3.25bn (€47m/$53m), it was announced yesterday (Thursday) on the first day of an International Olympic Committee executive board meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

SportAccord Convention has announced that PwC will be a gold partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit in Sochi, Russia.

Sir Craig Reedie, IOC (International Olympic Committee) Vice-President and President of WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), writes exclusively for SportBusiness International about underwhelming Olympic bid races and the war on drugs in Russia

Manor Grand Prix Racing’s hopes of returning to the Formula One grid have been boosted by the news that its creditors have approved taking the company out of administration and transferring it back to directors.