China is considering joining forces with Russia to launch a joint bid for the World Women’s Handball Championship as the two nations look set to compete on the handball court later this month.

Women's Handball World Championship in 2029 or 2031," Shishkarev said, as reported by state news agency TASS

, Belarus and China.The tournament is set to be called the "Friendship and Peace Cup", according to TASS

Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has revealed plans to launch an appeal against his six-month ban by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

Speaking to Russia’s official state news agency TASS, Karjakin said he was looking to file an appeal

period of 21 days to file an appeal and more than half of this time already expired," Karjakin told TASS

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has now paid off its complete debt to World Athletics for 2021, its acting President, Irina Privalova, has claimed.

Russia's official state news agency TASS has reported Privalova today as saying: "Yesterday, money for

Privalova, who still holds the women’s 60 metres world record of 6.92sec, told TASS on March 18 that

More than 50 of Russia's National Federations plan to submit appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a ban on Russian athletes competing in international tournaments.

be barred from international competition.Matytsin's comments were reported by state-run news agency TASS

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has claimed that countries "have wiped their feet" on the Olympic Charter in a rush to punish the country following its invasion of Ukraine.

that we stay together," Chernyshenko told delegates, according to Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to a central topic at the FIFA Congress in Doha, while the proposal for a biennial FIFA World Cup appears to have been placed on the back burner by the governing body.

quite possible that in the delegation of the RFU,” Sorokin told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Olympic Committee vice-president Igor Levitin believes his country should return to a Soviet-era system as they look to gain "self-sufficiency" in sport after being largely frozen out from the international arena.

pressing problems caused by sanctions," said Levitin in a report by Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian Gymnastics Federation coordinator Valentina Rodionenko has said organisation will offer its submission to the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation tomorrow in the case involving Ivan Kuliak.

that they have worked out - what we were interviewed," Rodionenko told the Russian state news agency TASS

The President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev says the organisation intends to hold the Kremlin Cup tournament later this year despite its suspension from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) calendars.

exception, we intend to hold the Kremlin Cup, we will play our own," Tarpishchev said, as reported by TASS

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has claimed that the efforts of his organisation and the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) have been nullified by the exclusion of their athletes from the global stage but said they would work to continue to develop elite sport.

Government structures of our countries are doing," said Pozdnyakov, per Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva impressed on her return to the ice at the Channel One Cup in Saransk, but was unable to prevent her team losing the all-Russian competition.

Channel Cup took place, an incredible feeling," Valieva said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS

with me, in general, everything is very chaotic and it is not clear what awaits us," Shcherbakova told TASS

The TASS news agency has claimed the ISU is not currently looking to relocate Grand Prix figure

German glove manufacturer Kinetixx has ended its sponsorship agreements with Russian athletes and condemned the appearance of Alexander Bolshunov at a pro-war rally in Moscow earlier this month.

the post, which had been linked to the war in Ukraine.Bolshunov told the Russian state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said representatives from the country must continue to create dialogue with their respective International Federations, in light of widespread sporting sanctions.

dialogue and maintain diplomatic channels," said Matytsin according to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Last-minute statements of interest from Turkey and Russia have denied the United Kingdom and Ireland's hopes of becoming hosts of the 2028 European Football Championship, meaning a bidding war for the competition is set to get underway.

not a joke," said RFU Executive Board member Rustem Saimanov, according to Russian state news agency TASS

National Federations in Russia are taking action in response to the decision made by International Federations (IFs) to ban the country's athletes from major competitions, following the invasion of Ukraine.

Federations (IHF)," said RHF Executive Committee member Maxim Gulevich to Russia's official state news agency TASS

to remove our athletes from international starts," said FSSR executive director Stanislav Tyurin to TASS

general appeal for those sports in which our athletes are suspended, including taekwondo," he said to TASS