Organisers of the St. Petersburg Open in 2007 have denied any involvement in match-fixing following men’s world number one Novak Djokovic claiming he had been offered $200,000 (£140,000/€184,000) to throw his first round tie at the tournament.

Petersburg, it does not mean that the organizers were involved," Medvedev told the Russian news agency TASS

Dmitry Shlyakhtin has been elected as the new President of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) as the organisation looks to overturn its ban from competition in time for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

I have time until January 28 to take a decision," he told TASS.

The ARAF needs an anti-crisis manager," he told TASS.

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has claimed the report published here yesterday by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission lacks credibility after it linked Vladimir Putin to the the country's doping scandal.

context of the doping and corruption scandals in the IAAF," Zhukov told Russia's state-owned news agency TASS

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials, including the body's current President Sebastian Coe, should have acted quicker to remedy problems in the organisation, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent Commission Richard Pound has claimed.

Turkey.Balakhnichev, previously the Soviet national athletics coach from 1978 to 1984, told Russian news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed the Russian national football team’s preparations for their home 2018 FIFA World Cup will be adjusted to include suggestions outlined by President Vladimir Putin.

some extra work adjusting it to the presidential instructions," Mutko told the Russian news agency TASS

which is due to run from June 14 to July 15.Meanwhile, the city Government of St Petersburg also told TASS

The eight-year suspensions handed to FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA chief Michel Platini will have no effect on Russia staging the 2018 World Cup, Sports Minister and Organising Committee head Vitaly Mutko has claimed.

preparations for the World Cup,” Mutko, a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, said at an ITAR-TASS

The former head of the scandal-hit Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has claimed that 40 per cent of drug test violations in the country have come in youth sports.

process of restoring RUSADA in its rights is underway and some of them have already returned," Mutko told TASS

Britain is to help Russia overhaul its drugs-testing system following the scandal which has led to the country's athletes being banned and left them fearing they will not be able to compete at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

anti-doping adviser to Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, told the country's officials news agency TASS

Russian modern pentathlete Alexander Kukarin, a silver medallist at this year's World Championships, has died suddenly aged just 22.

was buried at a cemetery in St Petersburg on Sunday (November 29), according to Russian news agency TASS

Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has brushed off the problem of his country's likely suspension from the World Indoor Athletics Championships in March - by claiming it will help athletes better prepare for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

We will most probably be absent from the event," he told Russian news agency TASS."

Sanctions against the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) could be lifted by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as early as January, it has been reported. 

removed early next year at a meeting of FIBA’s Executive Committee, according to Russian news agency TASS

charter together with the RBF and Sports Ministry,” Iliev, a former Bulgarian international, told TASS

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told the nation's Parliament today that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned the country under public pressure but predicted the suspension would be lifted within three months.

athletics] Federation was made under pressure," Mutko told the Duma, according to Russian news agency TASS

Russia's doping record will face further examination when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee holds a crucial meeting in Colorado Springs tomorrow.

bodies and laboratories," Natalia Zhelanova, an anti-doping adviser to Mutko, told Russian news agency TASS

Two-time Olympic pole vault gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva has revealed she may put herself forward to be President of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) after she retires from competition following Rio 2016.

after the Olympics," Isinbayeva, who set 28 world records during her career, told Russian news agency TASS

"If anybody accuses me, I will litigate them in court," Isinbayeva told TASS."

Russia is set to admit to some of the allegations made in the explosive World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report as they seek to avoid being banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

In our report for the IAAF, we agreed with some of WADA's positions," Zelichenok told TASS news agency