Russia have sent 12 athletes to compete under the country’s flag at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women's World Championships in Indian capital New Delhi.

under-50 kilograms division.Russian Boxing Federation secretary general Tatyana Kiriyenko told TASS

German Fencing Federation President and former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Claudia Bokel has claimed that "geopolitics" influenced the International Fencing Federation's (FIE) decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to its competitions.

official state news agency TASS.Women's team sabre Olympic gold medallist Olga Nikitina admitted to TASS

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to return to competing in International Fencing Federation (FIE) events, following a decision at today's Extraordinary Congress held online.

colleagues from different countries who voted for our return," she told Russian state-run news agency TASS

The Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK) has stopped state funding for five athletes, including tennis player Jeļena Ostapenko and cyclists Tom Skujiņš and Kristas Neiland, as a punishment for their participation in competitions which included competitors from Russia and Belarus.

“I don’t understand this," Chesnokov told Russia's official state news agency TASS."

Russia is set to compete in Asian Chess Federation (ACF) competitions under its national flag and anthem so long it is not a qualifier for the World Championships.

said Alexander Tkachyov, executive director of the RCF, as reported by Russian state-run news agency TASS

The Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation (FSGR) has said it will consider "all the possible legal consequences" of appealing a two-year ban issued against Irina Viner who has been honoured by Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

the date of the Viner ruling.A representative from the FSGR told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

only national gymnastics governing body in Russia recognised by the FIG.Following the ban, Viner told TASS

likes of Russian Olympic champions Evgeniya Kanaeva, Alina Kabaeva and Yulia Barsukova.According to TASS

not only outstanding athletes and coaches have gathered in this hall," said Levitin in a report by TASS

always been ahead of the rest of the planet, and everyone else has already followed it," Svishchev told TASS

Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation President Irina Viner has been banned by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for two years for her behaviour following the Olympic Games in Tokyo, when Israel's Linoy Ashram beat Dina Averina to the gold medal in the individual event and Bulgaria won the group event.

sports in the face of Western political functionaries," he told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva had claimed she was "strengthened" at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where the then-15-year-old was the subject of a high-profile doping scandal.

more satisfied with myself," the 16-year-old said, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Bakhtiyor Khakimov has claimed work is "underway" by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on creating an Association of Sports Organisations.

work is underway to implement this idea," he said, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russia's Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov has revealed plans for a Summer Youth Games featuring athletes from both countries is set to be held in Chongqing in August.

University Sports Festival in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Russia's official state news agency TASS

Boxing New Zealand President Steve Hartley has revealed that a competition is due to be staged in The Netherlands later this year as an alternative to the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men's Boxing World Championships in Tashkent.

tournaments did not exist," the National Federation said, as reported by Russian state-run news agency TASS

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has pledged to help rehabilitate soldiers that have suffered severe injuries in the Ukraine war to participate insport after striking a deal with a gambling regulator.

by means of adaptive physical culture and sports," Rozhkov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

According to TASS, Russia’s Deputy Sports Minister Odes Baisultanov said that the country’s sporting

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has blamed a conspiracy by a group of Anglo-Saxon countries for his country’s isolation from world sport.

The most important thing is to avoid the illusions that autarky creates," he said, TASS reported

The Asian Chess Federation (ACF) has agreed to include the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) as part of its organisation - a decision hailed as "significant" by Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin.

, we enter the ACF from May 1 and we won’t delay," Filatov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

international competitions and show their skills in games with strong and worthy opponents," Matytsin told TASS

Arkady Dvorkovich, a former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, also welcomed the move in a report by TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has pledged to allocate RUB1.3 billion (£14.4 million/$17.4 million/€16.4 million) to developing sport in annexed regions of Ukraine and claimed that more than 2,500 athletes from those areas had trained in Russia over the past year.

funding allocation at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, according to TASS

technical support of sports institutions, including inventory and equipment, was determined," Matytsin told TASS