The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) team arrived back in its nation's capital Moscow today following its exclusion from the ongoing Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.

TASS, the Russian state news agency, reported that 71 athletes touched down on home soil, days after

17 ice hockey players, 10 Alpine skiers, six snowboarders and five wheelchair curlers.According to TASS

Khanty-Mansiysk is now the favourite to host Russia and Belarus' Para winter sports replacement event after they were banished from Beijing 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine.

programme of the Games in Beijing," Chernyshenko said, as reported by Russian state-run news agency TASS

absolutely unfair decision was made to remove them from the Paralympic Games," Matytsin said, as reported by TASS

Russian state channel Match TV has refused to show coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics, following the expulsion of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) team from the Games.

decision of global officials," the broadcaster said, as reported by Russian state news agency TASS

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian President Vladimir Putin, has called the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to ban athletes from Russia and Belarus from the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games "a disgrace". 

situation is definitely monstrous," said Peskov, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin informed TASS that the country was appealing the decision

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) is to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Biathlon Union's (IBU) decision to require its athletes to compete as neutrals at competitions in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

categorically unacceptable".It had vowed to challenge the decision in court, and Russian state news agency TASS

Figure skater Kamila Valieva has been awarded the Order of Friendship by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Anna Shcherbakova has also been awarded the Order ©Getty ImagesRussia's official state news agency TASS

Honorary UEFA member Vyacheslav Koloskov has accused the Polish Football Association (PZPN) of blackmail over its refusal to play Russia in a FIFA World Cup qualifier, while Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin says an International Olympic Committee (IOC) demand the country be stripped of events is a "great disappointment".

involvement in World Cup qualifying]," Koloskov said, as reported by Russian state-run news agency TASS

principle and infringing on the interests of players, coaches and fans," Dyukov said, as reported by TASS

consider these recommendations inadequate in relation to Russian sports," Matytsin said, as reported by TASS

Russia's Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has cautioned against "hasty assessments" with regards to the methods of figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, which sparked controversy at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.In an interview with Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has picked 71 athletes to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.

athletes from 20 federal entities of our country," said Rozhkov, as reported by state-run news agency TASS

Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze has claimed she is "at a loss" after criticism from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach following her reaction to Kamila Valieva's failure to win a medal at Beijing 2022.

investigations underway into Valieva’s entourage.According to the Russian official state news agency TASS

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has claimed International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has "his own fictional narrative on the feelings of our athletes" after he criticised the treatment of skater Kamila Valieva by her entourage following her failure to win an Olympic medal in Beijing last night. 

I call on everyone to render support to Kamila," he told TASS."

More than 4,000 people have applied for volunteer positions at the Yekaterinburg 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games.

Volunteer training is going well," Chernov said, as reported by Russian state news agency TASS."

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) says it will consider a “full-fledged investigation” to discover how figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine.

team at the Closing Ceremony of the Games," Paikin said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ice hockey head coach Evgeniy Bobariko has revealed COVID-19 cases reached double figures within his squad as they were knocked out of the women’s tournament at the Winter Olympics here.

after receiving the test results.Former International Ice Hockey Federation President René Fasel told TASS

Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii has confirmed his intention to return to the sport after the conclusion of his four-year doping ban today.

as losing the result from Pyeongchang 2018.Krushelnitckii told Russia's official state news agency TASS