Russia isn't considering boycotting the Paris 2024 Olympic Games," declared Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsinhas declared, despite the restrictions imposed on its athletes as a result of the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine.

their country like other athletes, Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin was quoted by the state news agency TASS

The President of the Russian Rowing Federation (RFR), Alexey Svirin, made an important announcement: "A week ago, after several months of silence, we received an answer from the International Rowing Federation".

for the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Olympic season," he added, as quoted by TASS

Russia, embroiled in a long-running dispute with the world's major sporting institutions, has just appointed three former athletes banned for doping, Yelena Lashmanova, Sergei Kirdyapkin and Olga Kanishkina, as coaches of the national team.

Stanislav Emelyanov, Olimpiada Ivanova, Vladimir Kanaykin and many others.According to the Russian agency TASS

Sergey Brida and his wife Violeta Brida are accused of competing at the US Championships without Moscow's consent. Their participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics is still under discussion.

According to the state news agency TASS, Sergey and Violeta Brida were found in the database of the Russian

 According to TASS, the couple live in California and Sergey Brida is an officer in the Russian

On 20 December, the Russian Football Union (RFS) voted on Wednesday against leaving UEFA, despite being banned from competing due to the war conflict with Ukraine. As a result, the possibility of joining the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has been ruled out.

," Russian Football Union vice-president Akhmed Aydamirov was quoted as saying by state news agency TASS

On December 8, 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced a decision by its Executive Board. The decision allows Individual Neutral Athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports, who have qualified through existing systems, to be eligible for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This eligibility is contingent on strict conditions, including compliance with anti-doping requirements both before and during the Olympics.

steroid module, is carried out for all athletes tested by RUSADA,” said Loginova to Russian state agency TASS

regulations on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes," Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin told TASS

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has sent mixed signals about what continent it wants to be a member of after discussing pledging commitment to both Europe and Asia.

Confederation (AFC) with RFU President Alexander Dyukov telling Russia's official state news agency TASS

considered during meetings in November and December.However, RFU general secretary Maxim Mitrofanov told TASS

A call has been made to build a sports centre in honour of famed sambist Alexander Pushnitsa.

previously coached the Soviet Union's women's judo team, according to Russian official state news agency TASS

Pushnitsa died in January aged 73 ©FIASIvan Kolesnik, a First Deputy Minister for Sport in Omsk, told TASS

Tributes have poured in at home and abroad for Russia’s double Olympic biathlon champion Viktor Mamatov, who has died aged 86.

Biathlon Union from 1993 to 2002.IBU President Olle Dahlin told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Anna Bogaliy, who won Olympic 4x6km relay golds at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, told TASS she last

The Russian Karate Federation has claimed that athletes from the country had received "warmth" from "most" nations during the World Championships here.

the world sports community," the Russian Karate Federation told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Anfisa Reztsova, the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, has died at the age of 58, it has been announced.

unsophisticated," two-time Olympic biathlon champion Dmitry Vasiliev told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Ugandan State Minister for Sports Peter Ogwang has described the decision to ban Russia and Belarus from global sport as "shameful, discouraging, and cruel".

of International Sports Cooperation panel discussion, as reported by Russian state-run news agency TASS

Basketball official Goran Sašić has accused the United States of violating the Olympic Truce in 1998, according to reports.

Beijing.Sašić alleged that the US had violated the rule surrounding the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics, TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of "ethnic discrimination" against athletes from his country and using the Olympic Games as a "tool of political pressure".

to do with politics, as crude and actually racist, ethnic discrimination," said Putin in a report by TASS