Numerous International Federations (IFs) have confirmed bans on athletes from Russia and Belarus following International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendations to prohibit participation in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

Triathlon, who had already suspended the Russian Triathlon Federation for a year due to its high number of doping

the 2027 and 2031 Rugby World Cups scuppered by two-year sanctions, imposed due to the long-running doping

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has requested applications to host its crucial Electoral Congress in June.

certain conditions and undertakes a "culture change".One of those conditions is punishing nations for doping

Igor Levitin, a Presidential aide of Vladimir Putin, has temporarily self-suspended himself from his role as European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) President.

were competing at the Winter Olympics as the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) due to the Sochi 2014 doping

Ukraine look well placed for an emotional haul of biathlon medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics after their heroic trip to the Games and Russia's exclusion.

four years ago at Pyeongchang 2018.Russians - again competing as neutral athletes due to the country's doping

The draw for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Basketball World Cup has taken place, with hosts Australia set to meet Olympic silver medallists Japan in Group B, with competition set for Sydney later this year.

China.Russia - under the Russian Basketball Federation moniker due to the Court of Arbitration for Sport's doping

Athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) and the Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus will not be allowed to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, following further sanctions from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

already competing neutrally under the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport following the nation's doping

Sport’s fall-out from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been seismic with a country which has long measured its standing on the world stage by how many medals it wins now completely isolated and cast in the role of pariahs.

 The watered-down sanctions imposed on Russia following discovery of its state-sponsored doping

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has banned all Russian athletes, coaches and officials from its events in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee - the name under which Russian athletes competed because of doping

Russian and Belarusian athletes will still receive and keep medals during ceremonies at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games despite the countries not appearing on the medal table.

of sanctions imposed on the country for the "cover-up of the cover-up" of the manipulation of anti-doping

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has ruled that Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, but only as neutral athletes, following the invasion of Ukraine.

of sanctions imposed on the country for the "cover-up of the cover-up" of the manipulation of anti-doping

Ukraine has been able to send a full delegation of 20 athletes and nine guides to China for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games which start on Friday (March 4), despite the ongoing conflict.

politics, however Russia's name and flag are already banned over the cover-up of a state-sponsored doping

Hussain Mohamed has been named as the Chef de Mission for the Maldives team for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Mohamed, manager of the South Asian Regional Anti-Doping Organisation, served in the same role for the

Russian and Belarus athletes have been excluded "for the foreseeable future" from World Athletics competition in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, and with "immediate effect" - meaning none will take part in this month’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Serbia.

With the Russian Athletics Federation already banned since 2015 over the ongoing doping scandal, the

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has been suspended from World Athletics since 2015, due to doping

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has warned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it is opening a "Pandora’s box" after stripping him and Russian President Vladimir Putin of the Olympic Orders they had been awarded.

them "the athletes’ Games", before it emerged they had been badly scarred by a Russian state-sponsored doping

Better late than never: the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has finally done the right thing by acting to strip Russia of hosting rights for this year's men's World Championship.

that FIVB should have removed the tournament from Russia a couple of years ago after the World Anti-Doping