Russian tennis superstar Maria Sharapova has admitted she failed a drugs test at this year's Australian Open.

think that it’s nonsense," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member told Russian news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko believes the Government is doing all it can to deal with the doping crisis which is currently embroiling athletics in the country.

Speaking to the country's news agency TASS, the politician said, however, that the country could not

Russian athletes and coaches have ignored the ban placed on the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) following allegations of systemic and state-supported doping in the country, and are still continuing with their involvement in athletics, the third documentary from German broadcasters WDR/ARD has claimed.

documentary is purely a tool to influence sporting organisations and told the country's official news agency TASS

Russia’s Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is prepared to take a lie detector test in order to be removed from United States sanctions lists and boost his campaign to be re-elected President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 2018, he has claimed.

polygraph test and answer all questions with the use of a lie detector," he told Russian news agency TASS

A 17-year-old is the latest Russian athlete to be suspended for taking banned performance-enhancing drugs, it has been announced.

explain to my colleagues in every possible way what we had already done," he told Russian news agency TASS

South Korean officials have apologised to Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov, winner of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Sprint Championships in Seoul yesterday, after mistakenly playing the United States national anthem when he was presented with his gold medal. 

 "Yes, the US anthem was played for several seconds only," he told Russian news agency TASS.

Championships in Seoul ©Getty ImagesAlexei Kravtsov, President of the Russian Skating Union (RSU), told TASS

"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will vote as a bloc. Whether it is 53 or 50, that is the question; not whether it is 53 or 26.”

Executive Committee member Vitaly Mutko’s reference to FIFA spending its rainy day fund, reported by TASS

FIFA Presidential candidate Gianni Infantino has received the backing of disaffected territories Crimea and Gibraltar in his bid for the top job at world football’s governing body.

would benefit the lesser nations worldwide.Crimea Football Union (CFU) President Yury Vetokha told TASS

A total of 207 Member Associations are set to vote in the election for the new FIFA President tomorrow after the Executive Committee recommended the Congress defer a decision on Indonesia and Kuwait until May.

FIFA Executive Committee and the head of the Russian Football Union, told Russian news agency TASS

Nikita Kamayev, the former executive director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), had reportedly planned to reveal details about drug use in sport before he passed away earlier this month.

Sunday Times journalist David Walsh offering to reveal information about cover-ups.According to Russia's TASS

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has pledged to fully repay all coaches and officials owed money due to the collapse of one of the country's leading banks.

bank.Bobsleigh and skeleton teams were hit particularly hard, with official Government news agency TASS

Russia will seek to host the International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for a third time in either 2019 or 2020, the country's sports minister has confirmed.

We have not yet discussed it," Mutko told TASS."

UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino has followed the lead of fellow FIFA Presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein by criticising the alleged role of Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa in the torture of Bahraini athletes in 2011.

behind one candidate but the UEFA general secretary’s spokesman Onofre Costa told Russian news agency TASS

Nikita Kamayev, the former executive director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), has died after suffering a heart attack.

RUSADA statement.Ramil Khabriyev, who previously served as the director general of RUSADA, added to the TASS

There is no evidence to support the conclusion published in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report last year that the Russian Government was involved in providing support for its athletes to take banned-performance drugs, the country's Prosecutor-General’s office has found. 

and brief everybody else who is entitled to having this information," Mutko told Russian new agency TASS