Maria Sharapova’s lawyer has criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) handling of “issues related to meldonium” after the organisation sought to clarify the substance’s inclusion on the banned list yesterday.

after April 21, when I am going to meet the ITF president,” Tarpishchev told the Russian news agency TASS

A date for Maria Sharapova's anti-doping hearing cannot be revealed for confidentiality reasons, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has told insidethegames.

has hinted that the hearing could take place in June ©Getty ImagesAccording to Russian news agency TASS

international tournaments," said Russian Swimming Federation President Vladimir Salnikov to TASS

Athletes facing doping bans for meldonium could face no punishment if below one microgram of the heart attack drug was detected and their failed test came before March 1.

WADA is cooperating with Russian scientists," he told TASS.

WADA made a correct decision," he told journalists, as reported by TASS."

Vitaly Mutko is set to intervene in the crisis surrounding the performances of Russian biathletes at the World Championships last month by overseeing the appointment of coaching staff within the country’s National Federation himself, the Sports Minister has claimed.

] regions, where biathlon is developing and talk to them,” Mutko told Russia's official news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed the country’s venues are ready to stage competition at the 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship.

for hosting the matches of the Ice Hockey World Championship,” Mutko told the Russian news agency TASS

Russia, just like many other countries, is in the list of terrorist organisations’ targets," he told TASS

The President of the Russian Water Polo Federation has blamed his country's failure to reach the Rio 2016 Olympics on the absence of key player Alexey Bugaychuk - who is among the spate of athletes to have tested positive for meldonium.

but lost to Hungary, Canada and France.Yevgeny Sharonov, the Water Polo Federation President, told TASS

Russia’s preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup have hit a further hitch as the delivery date of the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi has been pushed back by five months.

be delivered in June.Regional Sports Minister Lyudmila Chernova, however, told Russian news agency TASS

Decisions on the possible suspensions for Ukrainian biathletes Olga Abramova and Artyom Tyshchenko have been delayed after an expert appointed by the sport’s governing body questioned the scientific evidence on how long banned substance meldonium takes to leave the body.

establish for how long meldonium can be present in a human organism," Mutko told Russian news agency TASS

Russia's leading male gymnast Nikolai Kuksenkov has withdrawn from the ongoing National Championships after being informed of a failed doping test for meldonium.

As yet, no one knows how long a period is needed for meldonium to leave the body," she told the TASS

The Russian Volleyball Federation (RVF) has claimed it plans to submit a complaint with the Disciplinary Committee of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) regarding an incident during Dinamo Krasnodar’s match against Galatasaray Daikin in Istanbul on Tuesday (March 29). 

report to the CEV about the incident," RVF President Stanislav Shevchenko told the Russian news agency TASS

Security measures will be enhanced," Dinamo Krasnodar’s press service told TASS."

Water polo player Alexey Bugaychuk is the latest Russian to test positive for the banned substance meldonium, it was reported today.

positive for the drug at the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade, Russian news agency TASS

"Meldonium’s fallout in low concentration was discovered in Bugaychuk’s doping test," a source told TASS

According to TASS, the test which produced the positive sample was taken on January 18 after Russia had

tested twice for performance enhancing drugs and each time results were negative," the source told TASS

Russia's leading bank VTB has claimed that it will continue to take legal action against the World Anti-Doping Agency after it claims it was unfairly implicated a drugs scandal involving the country's athletes. 

We keep working on the lawsuit," Kostin told Russian news agency TASS."

Positive tests for the banned substance meldonium have been coming thick and fast in the three weeks since Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova revealed her misdemeanour to the world. 

week that four sambists had tested positive for meldonium ©FIASShestakov told the Russian news agency TASS

Georgy Bedzhamov, President of the Bobsleigh Federation of Russia (RFB), who has fled the country, has been ordered by the country's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko to "voluntarily" give up his position.

organisation and the Government has no right of interfering in its activities," Mutko told Russian news agency TASS

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has revealed that four sambists, including two from Russia, have tested positive for meldonium.

meldonium abuse as I have received the relevant information," Shestakov told the Russian news agency TASS