United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced that it will readmit athletes from Russia and Belarus to international competition as neutrals.

the interest in wrestling without us is falling," she said, according to Russia's state news agency TASS

World Taekwondo has announced that it will allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to competition as neutrals.

podiums in the Japanese capital.National team head coach Vadim Ivanov told Russia's state news agency TASS

A plan to make Russian competitors who want to compete in an International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup in Poland later this month sign a declaration condemning the war in Ukraine has been slammed as "pure provocation."

arbitrariness of the Polish Fencing Federation," Mammadov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Five days ago, we sent a letter about our admission to the International Fencing Federation," he told TASS

In the last few days, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have insisted that the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics was not discussed at this week's Executive Board meeting.

the anti Olympic show," Moscow 1980 deputy chairman Vladimir Popov told official Soviet media agency TASS

Russian Fencing Federation President Ilgar Mammadov has conceded that there is "no chance" athletes from his country will be able to compete at next year’s Olympics in Paris under conditions of neutrality after admitting that all of the country's leading fencers are in law enforcement agencies.

With such conditions, there is no chance," Mammadov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS when

Mammadov said in a separate report by TASS that many of his athletes were in law enforcement agencies

The Slovak Ice Hockey Federation have decided not to call up players who participate for clubs in the Russian-organised Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) to represent them at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Finland and Latvia next month.

always represented our country with joy and pride," Frühauf told Russia's official state new agency TASS

Veronika Loginova, director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has said the International Olympic Committee has no reason not to trust it.

the situation in the Russian anti-doping system", Loginova told Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Russian city of Kazan has declared its interest in hosting an inaugural Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Games.

Images"Now we are putting together a scheme for competitions," he told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Vladimir Putin has publicly congratulated Anastasiia Demurchian after she won a gold medal at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women's World Championships in New Delhi, in what critics will fear could be a forerunner of what to expect if Russian athletes are allowed to compete at next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

It was not a sabotage," she told Russia's official state news agency TASS."

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has castigated the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its latest recommendations regarding the status of Russian and Belarusian athletes in world sport.

United Nations) Special Rapporteur in the field of rights," he told Russia's official state news agency TASS

principles, some pretexts that are not related to sports have been sucked out of the finger," he told TASS

Russian coach Irina Viner has confirmed she will appeal against the two-year ban imposed on her by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).

well as Viner's "failure to duly cooperate with the investigation".Viner has told Russian news agency TASS

Russia's men's national football team has played its first match on home soil since November 2021 as they cruised past Iraq 2-0 at the Gazprom Arena.

Russians were able to defend their lead despite the deficit.Russia's official state-run news agency TASS

The Russian boxers, coaches, officials and fans could not believe what they were hearing when the first few notes of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 were played.

a farcical situation that left organisers and the IBA red-faced.Russia’s official state news agency TASS

I don’t know how it happened," Mutalibov told TASS."

had been expected to pick up a featherweight bronze medal only to be axed from the event.Speaking to TASS

Russian skeleton athletes have little expectation that they will be able to compete in International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) competitions, according to Denis Alimov, head coach of the national team.

coaches, in principle, almost everyone wants our return," Alimov told Russia's official state news agency TASS

world of the same fencing, which has great traditions in Asia, Central and South America," he told TASS

The wrong anthem was played for Russia after Anastasiia Demurchian captured the light middleweight title at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women's World Championships here.

said a BFI spokesperson.Russian head coach Albert Mutalibov told Russia's official state news agency TASS