The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has banned Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin for six months after he publicly supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

world champion Anatoly Karpov also rebuked the sanction.He told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Sergei for six months, but also kept him in a pre-trial detention centre all this time," Karpov told TASS

A decision on the case involving Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva may not be concluded for several months, it has been claimed.

All such investigations are very often delayed," Anceliovich told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

International Biathlon Union (IBU) secretary general Niklas Karlsson has hinted that the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) could face a lengthy ban after provisionally suspending the National Federation.

recommendations from the International Olympic Committee.Speaking to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak faces a potential one-year ban from the sport after displaying the controversial “Z” symbol linked to the war in Ukraine, according to Russian Gymnastics Federation coordinator Valentina Rodionenko.

reportedly claimed the Z symbol means "For Victory".Rodionenko told Russia's official state news agency TASS

the delegation, leading the coach Kalabushkin and the athlete himself, for one year," Rodionenko told TASS

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has paid off its debt to World Athletics for the third quarter of 2021, its acting President, Irina Privalova, has claimed.

holds the women’s 60 metres world record of 6.92sec, has told the Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the principles of sport have been "eroded" and claims it has turned into a "politically-engaged dictatorship of the anti-doping bureaucracy".

spirit and character," said Putin in his video message quoted in Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Two-time Olympic basketball gold medallist Brittney Griner of the United States has been detained on a drugs charge in Russia for a further two months.

According to Russia’s official state news agency TASS, the Khimki City Court in Moscow ruled that Griner

member of Public Monitoring Commission - a semi-official body with access to Russian prisons - told TASS

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Armenia are among the nations competing in Russia and Belarus’ replacement event for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games as the first medals were awarded in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk today.

completed the podium with bronze.Pavel Rozhkov, acting President of the Russian Paralympic Committee, told TASS

The International Biathlon Union's (IBU) Executive Board has provisionally agreed to suspend the National Federations of Russia and Belarus at least until this year's Ordinary Congress in September.

make a final decision on suspension.The decision has been criticised in Russia, with state news agency TASS

decision "under pressure", as reported by TASS.Two-time Olympic gold medallist Dmitry Vasiliev told TASS

More than 40 Russian athletes have demanded their federation appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the World Athletics blanket ban imposed on March 1.

reinstatement for the past six years, Irina Privalova, acting head of RusAF President, has told the TASS

in Russia are held only with the participation of athletes from this country," the spokesperson told TASS

Russia’s International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Arkady Dvorkovich admits it is now "impossible" to keep sport away from politics after agreeing to accept what he considers to be a "demand" from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the invasion of Ukraine.

nations to play in individual tournaments as neutrals.Speaking to Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Dvorkovich told TASS that FIDE had faced pressure from the IOC, various Governments and the chess community

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has delayed a planned audit of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency due to travel challenges, caused by the nation’s invasion of Ukraine.

athletes and collect doping samples in accordance with the testing program for 2022," Loginova told TASS

Last week’s decision to expel Russia from the 2022 FIFA World Cup is not entirely without precedent. The same thing happened almost half a century ago, albeit for different reasons when Russia was at the centre of the Soviet Union (USSR).

France, and England who had been eliminated by Poland.In the days that followed Soviet state news agency TASS

in international sporting circles is that Rous pursues selfish aims in the dispute over the match," TASS

Players affected by the decision of ESL (Electronic Sports League) Pro League decision to ban Russian-based teams in the wake of the Ukraine invasion and to cancel events in the region have claimed the decision is down to "prejudice" and "the cancel culture".

Russia's official state news agency TASS reported the adverse reaction to these announcements by the

The Federation of International Bandy (FIB), led by Russian Boris Skrynnik, has postponed the upcoming Men’s World Championships in Russia to adhere to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recommendations following the invasion of Ukraine.

relocate or cancel events planned in the two countries.Speaking to Russia’s official state news agency TASS