Russia is set to receive another visit next week from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Taskforce monitoring its reforms.

confirmed by Mikhail Butov, secretary general of the ARAF, in an interview with Russian news agency TASS

FIFA Presidential candidate Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa could be set to receive the support of Russia in his bid for the top job at world football’s governing body after the country’s Foreign Minister claimed the two countries had “pledged to join actions in the election of the FIFA President".

will be even a greater success than the previous one,” Shaikh Salman told Russian news agency TASS

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics have left a lasting legacy in the country.

Sochi has become a city of events tourism - every year we host up to 200 various events,” he told TASS

There are "no problems whatsoever" within Russian cycling despite doping failures within recent weeks, the country's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed today while also insisting suggestions of a systemic doping system across all sports are "phony, invented and based on false accusations".

ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and who also sits on the FIFA Executive Committee, told the TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed FIFA Presidential candidates Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Gianni Infantino could unite ahead of the election on February 26.

at the moment each of them thinks that he is the front-runner," Mutko told the Russian news agency TASS

Double European champion cyclist Yelena Brezhniva has been banned for four years by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after failing a drugs test.

Lena explained that it was her own fault and agreed with the verdict," he told TASS.

Russia's former women's world number one Dinara Safina has blasted allegations of match-fixing in tennis as "absurd".

"I do not know why British media kicked up a row," Safina told Russian news agency TASS."

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has signed a cooperation agreement with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), according to Natalia Zhelanova, an anti-doping adviser to Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

Zhelanova today told Russian news agency TASS that the agreement will be in force until Russia’s anti-doping

Players from the National Hockey League (NHL) can either participate in the Winter Olympics either at both the Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022 or miss them both, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has warned as negotiations continue to stall between the two organisations.

unanimously want [to go to] China, because it is a huge new market for the league," Fasel told the TASS

Former Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) chief Alexander Medvedev has ruled himself out of the running for against René Fasel for the position of President International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) after admitting there was “no sense” in entering the race due to the close relationship between the Swiss and Russia. 

have both backed Fasel, head of the IIHF since 1994.Medvedev had originally told Russian news agency TASS

between May 6 and 22, has personally invited Putin to the Opening Ceremony of the event.Speaking to TASS

Former All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) President Valentin Balakhnichev is appealing his life ban from athletics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, his lawyer has confirmed today.

The appeal has been filed today," his lawyer Artyom Patsev told the TASS news agency."

Russia's leading bank VTB has claimed that it is planning to sue the officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) behind its report into corruption in athletics after its relationship with the international governing body was questioned in a report published last week.

prepare lawsuits against WADA," Vasily Titov, VTB Bank's first deputy president, told Russian news agency TASS

Russia still has "much work" to do before it can have its ban lifted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), they have been warned. 

professionals to help Russia ©Getty Images"All of the athletes are in good mood," Borzakovskiy told news agency TASS

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Shamil Tarpischev has claimed tennis should ignore the allegations about match-fixing.

"There is nothing behind these accusations," he told Russian news agency TASS. 

FIFA Presidential candidate Gianni Infantino's idea to hold World Cups across entire regions has been criticised by Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

"I do not think this idea is good," he told TASS."The World Cup is a grand and unique event.