Track cyclists Anastasia Chulkova and Pavel Yakushevsky have reportedly become the latest Russian athletes to test positive for the banned substance meldonium.

a two-year doping ban earlier that year.Their failures were reportedly by the Russian news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has dismissed claims that the country's swimmers are part of a systematic doping programme as"false accusations".

of the International Swimming Federation," Mutko said in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has seemingly ruled out the prospect of his country's athletes missing Rio 2016.

missing out.When asked if the IOC were considering banning Russia, Zhukov told Russian news agency TASS

Russia 2018 World Cup venue the Zenit Stadium will be completed on time but costs for the construction are likely to exceed $1 billion (£705 million/€894 million), according to head of the Russian Federation Council Committee Vadim Tyulpanov.

The Russian told news agency TASS that the stadium in Saint Petersburg, due to be used for the 2017

clearly because of the rising dollar rate, and that is creating additional expenses," Tyulpanov told TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed he would be prepared to resign should he decide to take personal responsibility for the doping crisis in the country.

Getty Images"I am well aware of the scale of my responsibilities," Mutko told the Russian news agency TASS

whether Mutko will follow through with his comments, with Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling TASS

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) told the country's National Federations about the impending banning of meldonium in good time, a leading sports official has claimed.

meldonium would be on the list of banned substances starting January 1," he told Russian news agency TASS

Evgeny Saleev, a 2014 World Championship silver medallist in wrestling, is one of five Russian athletes who have reportedly become the latest to test positive for the banned drug meldonium but the country's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko claims the problem is a separate issue to the wider doping crisis.

According to the Russian news agency TASS, Saleev and fellow wrestler Sergey Semenov have been implicated

The system of athletics control has been launched and is working normally," he told TASS."

Sprinter Nadezhda Kotlyarova, a 4x400 metres relay European Indoor silver medallist in 2013, has become top Russian sports star to fail a doping test for meldonium, her coach has admitted. 

Championships in Gothenburg.Kotlyarova's failure was reported by the Russian news agency TASS

Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) officals are bracing themselves for some of their biggest athletes failing doping tests for meldonium as the deluge of positive test results shows no sign of slowing.

would not have any excesses - we live in the same environment," the official told Russian news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has taken another pot-shot at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for its decision to ban meldonium, the drug for which Russians have now failed tests in at least nine different sports.

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

Four-time world swimming champion Yuliya Efimova has become the latest high profile Russian athlete to have failed a doping test for meldonium, it has been widely reported this evening.

Kazan 2015.The Russian Swimming Federation is "aware" of her failure for meldonium, a source told the TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed a request has been made to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to find out whether the organisation carried out scientific research prior to adding meldonium to the list of banned substances.

research on meldonium washout period and if they could provide it to us," he told the Russian news agency TASS

World Junior Biathlon Championships gold medallist Eduard Latypov of Russia has become the latest athlete to record a positive test for meldonium, it has been announced.

work with sports federations to warn them about the imminent ban on meldonium,” she told news agency TASS

Russian Skating Union (RSU) President Alexey Kravtsov has vowed to push for athletes who have tested positive for meldonium to be cleared.

is conducted into each of the cases of meldonium use in our team,” he told the Russian news agency TASS

A pair of Russian Olympic gold medallists and a speed skating world record holder have become the latest athletes to test positive for the banned substance meldonium.

declined to test the B-sample, the signs it was consumed are clear," he told the Russian news agency TASS