British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has denied claims of taking performance enhancing drugs after it was claimed the boxer was being investigated by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD).

submitting documents and will be providing explanations," Povetkin’s spokesman told the Russian news agency TASS

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that Belarusian, Kazakhstani and Russian weightlifters could be banned from this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

potentially do their sanctions before the Olympic Games," read an IOC statement sent to Russian news agency TASS

Russian weigthtlifer Alexey Lovchev, currently serving a four-year doping suspension, has said he would insist in a judicial process that the permitted substance ecdisten had been found in his body.

be held before hearings, but we were denied this request again," Lovchev told Russian news agency TASS

Russian athletes and the  All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) will file appeals with Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne next week against the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban them from this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

nbsp;"A suit or suits will be submitted to CAS next week," Butov told Russia's state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has described the decision to provisionally ban his country’s weightlifters from international competition as "a psychotic episode" that is outside the legal framework.

federation will file a lawsuit today or tomorrow and will defend its rights at court," he told TASS

It has been a hectic 48 hours in the never-ending saga of the international sports movement and the Kremlin.

surprise given the tone of the summit declaration, when Zhukov called off the boycott dogs, telling TASS

Divisions remain over whether Russian track and field athletes approved to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be able to do so under their own flag, or under a neutral one.

make an unbiased, just and legal decision despite the position voiced by its President," he told the TASS

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has insisted the country will not boycott Rio 2016 after Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov appeared to raise the possibility of one earlier today.

Olympics but will consider the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the IAAF," Zhukov added to the TASS

probably athletes will be filing lawsuits on their own or with support from the ARAF," Zhukov added to TASS

Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) first vice-president Adlan Varayev has been found dead in a Chechen village, it has been has reported.

river.Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiyev confirmed to Russia's official state news agency TASS

“The search has not stopped since the day when it happened,” Saitiyev told TASS.

A criminal case has been opened today by Russian Federal investigators against former Moscow Laboratory chief Grigory Rodchenkov, the official who has since made allegations of state-sponsored doping surrounding the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

opened on charges of abuse of authority," Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told the TASS

alleged many violations of anti-doping regulations in Russian sport, including with his participation, TASS

Doping cheat turned whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova could compete as an independent athlete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games following a decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruling Council here today.

Andersen has described Yuliya Stepanova as a "gamechanger" ©Getty ImagesWhen asked by the state-run TASS

Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has vowed to appeal to human rights courts as backlash begins against the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) decision to uphold their ban on Russian athletics.

This is a violation of [my] human rights," she told the TASS news agency."I won’t keep silent.

Russia have been handed a suspended disqualification from the 2016 European Championships in France by UEFA with the country now facing the prospect of being thrown out of the tournament should further crowd trouble occur at their matches.

anti-doping tests have been conducted on the team's players ©Getty Images According to Russian news agency TASS

The Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) has teamed up with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to introduce its Olympic values education programme to a number of young females during a week-long workshop at a United Arab Emirates-funded camp in Azraq.

that also includes our guests who are staying with us during these turbulent times," said Narin Hajj Tass

Dmitry Shlyakhtin, President of the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), has branded German broadcaster ARD's latest documentary about doping in sports as a "blank shot".

Russian athletes despite being banned for life.Chegin has denied the claims, telling Russian news agency TASS

ARAF to return to the International Association of Athletics Federations on June 17," Shlyakhtin told TASS