Russian officials have taken another furious swipe at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after the apparent extinguishing of what appeared to be their last chance of having any involvement at Rio 2016.

refused to give its consent to a fast-track procedure," Russian sports agent Andrei Mitkov told the TASS

issues of financial importance, but no definite decisions were made," RPC President Vladimir Lukin told TASS

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has rejected more than 175 appeals from Russian athletes hoping to compete as neutrals at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

According to the Russian news agency TASS, several of the individual requests have now been moved

The requests of 34 athletes have been rejected," sports lawyer Artyom Patsev told TASS."

Russia will remain banned from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after the Swiss Federal Court dismissed their appeal against their suspension today.

know about the IPC decision to ban our team from the current Paralympics," Lavrov said, as reported by TASS

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has dismissed claims made by Russia that the ban on their participation at Rio 2016 also extends to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games.

athletes who have been barred from next month’s Games have been filed.In a statement sent to news agency TASS

RPC President Vladimir Lukin told TASS that they had also written to the IPC in order to find out how

The Head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, has called for a competition for Russian Para-athletes to be held in the disputed territory next month following the country’s ban from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

denied the right to participate in the Paralympics by sports officials," he told the Russian news agency TASS

Russian-speaking community came to the action," Leon Mitsner, the head of the Russian Canada group told TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed Richard McLaren’s Independent Commission report has been “falsified” and says the country will file lawsuits against those who make accusations of state-sponsored doping.

easy to do, but we have received it and translated," Mutko said, according to the Russian news agency TASS

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) will appeal in the Swiss Federal Court on Monday (August 29) against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to uphold a blanket ban on their athletes from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

 Sochi’s Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov has told news agency TASS that the city would be willing

Sochi’s Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov has expressed an interest in his city staging an event which could be held specifically for Russian Paralympians who were banned from competing at next month’s Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Russian athletes as “outside the bounds of law, morality and humanity".Pakhomov told news agency TASS

our part, will certainly be glad that such a landmark event will be held at our place," Pakhomov told TASS

Russian athletes who were banned from competing at Rio 2016 will be given bonuses by the Foundation for the Support of Russian Olympians because they would have made a "significant contribution" to the nation's medal count had they been allowed to represent the country at the Games, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced today.

national track and field team banned from the Games by the IOC," Medvedev said according to news agency TASS

Russian swimmer Yuliya Efimova has accused American star Michael Phelps of making “unpleasant” comments during Rio 2016 after he claimed it “broke his heart” to see athletes competing at the Olympic Games who had served doping bans.

she was disappointed with the quotes made by the American, revealing in an interview with news agency TASS

Russia remain banned from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed their appeal against their suspension by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

not in the legal framework - it's more political than judicial,” Mutko told the Russian news agency TASS

Long jumper Darya Klishina is eligible to compete for Russia at Rio 2016 after a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

to express satisfaction with the decision, to calm down and get started already tomorrow," he told TASS

Yelena Isinbayeva officially confirmed tonight that she will stand to become the new President of the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) and her main target will be to get the country's ban from international competition lifted as soon as possible. 

of the Federation," Isinbayeva told the official website of the ARAF, Russia's official news agency TASS

The Council of Russia’s Professional Football League has reportedly voted in favour of putting forward Vitaly Mutko for re-election as the President of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

League (FNL), the second tier of Russian football, Igor Efremov, back in June.The Russian news agency TASS

Russia intends to appeal “in the near future” against today’s confirmation here by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that all their competitors will be banned from the Paralympics due to take place here from September 7 to 18.

Vladimir Lukin, President of the Russian National Paralympic Committee, told TASS news agency that work