Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has been placed on the United States sanctions list but insists it will "in no way limit my activities".

ImagesMatytsin, appointed Russian Sports Minister in January 2020, told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

The State Duma has passed the first reading of a draft law that gives the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) the authority to establish regulations in line with the World Anti-Doping Code.

compliance.Russian Deputy Sports Minister Andrey Fyodorov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian Olympic champion Yulia Stupak has said she will not compete in events as a neutral if she is required to declare that she opposes her country.

allow us to be in a neutral status," Stupak said, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Ice Hockey Federation President and triple Olympic champion Vladislav Tretiak has been sanctioned by the Canadian Government in its latest round of penalties against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.

Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov said, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Our citizens who are on the list look at such measures with a smile," Stepanov told TASS."

The Russian Football Union's (RFU) appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court over the suspension of its national teams and clubs from international tournaments has been dismissed as it was filed too late.

was filed late and therefore cannot be considered," a court statement to Russia's state news agency TASS

Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation President Irina Viner has denied that the gala show she directed for Defender of the Fatherland Day had a militaristic component involving athletes.

Stalin, so this name still remained in our memory," Viner told Russia's official state news agency TASS

that Viner was in command of the parade to the song “'Artillerymen, Stalin gave the order,'" she told TASS

Two Russian governing bodies have revealed that they have received invitations to compete at this year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou, while a top sporting official in Hong Kong has expressed concerns over the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in the Chinese city.

expressed concerns ©OCAThe Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

According to TASS, the Asian Modern Pentathlon Confederation (AMPC) said it was holding talks with the

instructions from the UIPM,” said AMPC secretary general Sang Kyung-yo.The Asian Canoe Confederation also told TASS

Another Russian volleyball player who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London has been banned after being caught following evidence provided by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory in Moscow.

volleyball player Anna Vozakova has been banned for two-years, Russia’s official state news agency TASS

The chair of Russia’s State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, Dmitry Svishchev, has called upon UEFA to investigate the fight that took place last week between Russian and Ukrainian football teams staying at a hotel in Turkey after the earthquake.

European Championship semi-final against Russia, Svishchev told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian and Ukrainian clubs that they were booked into the same location.On February 15 Kulakov told TASS

Dmitry Ilinikh has become the third member of Russia's Olympic gold medal-winning volleyball team from London 2012 to be given a doping ban thanks to evidence provided by the former head of Moscow's World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory.

list of [Grigory] Rodchenkov," the VFV secretary general told Russian official state-run news agency TASS

offence in 2014, with his compatriot Pavel Moroz also suspended until the same date.Ilinikh has told TASS

UEFA has fined the Futsal Association of Ukraine (UAF) for fans' behaviour during a match against Russia at the European Futsal Championship last year.

this case that the guilty party was found guilty," Aliyev told Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport will consider an appeal by the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) against the banning of its athletes next month.

Russia's official state news agency TASS reported that the hearing would take place on March 21.It follows

Russia and Belarus to return to global sport as neutrals, despite the invasion continuing.Despite this, TASS

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has defended its measures taken in response to the Russian state-sponsored doping programme, after the two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Dmitry Vasilyev alleged "hypocrisy" in its treatment of Western nations and called for a "new composition".

questions, I don't trust anyone there," he said in an interview with Russia's state-run news agency TASS

Russian Equestrian Federation (FKSR) vice-president Vladimir Tuganov has stepped down from his role after switching sporting allegiance to Palestine to target the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Paris 2024.Russian equestrian head coach Vladimir Beletsky told Russia's official state news agency TASS

course, the departure of each athlete of the national team is a serious loss for the country," it told TASS

France's five-time biathlon champion and Paris 2024 Board member Martin Fourcade has said that he would be "very embarrassed" if his country refused to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing at next year’s Olympics.

even at the time when he was an active athlete," Tikhonov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS