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UEFA Executive Committee readmits Russian children’s teams to its international competitions

  • Football

UEFA’s Executive Committee has voted to readmit Russian children’s teams to its international competitions, arguing that "a generation of minors" must not be deprived of the right to compete in international football because of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

decision, we can only applaud it," Koloskov said, as reported by Russia’s official state news agency TASS


Valieva CAS appeal begins with Russia claiming she will not receive fair hearing

  • Beijing 2022

Kamila Valieva's hearing over her positive doping test which could deprive Russia of the Olympic team figure skating gold medals they won at Beijing 2022 started today at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne with claims that she would not receive a fair hearing and allegations of systematic doping in the country.

justice system is undergoing negative changes," Pozdnyakov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

skaters," Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, told TASS





British barrister to head CAS Panel hearing Valieva doping case

  • Beijing 2022

British-based barrister James Drake has been appointed head of the Panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that will decide later this month whether Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva violated anti-doping rules and should be disqualified from last year's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, it was announced today.

doctor of Russia’s figure skating team at Beijing 2022, told the country’s official state news agency TASS


Putin aide hits out at IOC blocking Russian Asian Games participation

  • Hangzhou 2022

Vladimir Putin’s main advisor on sport has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after Russian athletes were prevented from taking in the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, as reported by Russia’s official state news agency TASS





Russian backlash at Isinbayeva absence from World Athletics Championships historical features

  • Athletics

The absence of three-time world champion Yelena Isinbayeva from a World Athletics feature covering influential women at the World Championships has sparked a backlash in Russia.

that not a single one of our athletes is on this list," Chicherova told Russian state-run news agency TASS

made the greatest contribution to the development of our sport makes me surprised," Borzakovsky told TASS

should carefully study the history of athletics, open competition ratings, encyclopaedias," he told TASS


Coe accused by Pozdnyakov of leading Russophobic World Athletics after warning they will miss Paris 2024

  • Athletics

Newly re-elected World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has been accused of being a Russophobe after he admitted there was little chance of them competing at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.

time he was first elected President of World Athletics," Pozdnyakov told Russia’s official news agency TASS

Pozdnyakov told TASS.“Apparently, Mr.

athletes to the international arena was repeatedly postponed under various unreasonable pretexts," he told TASS

Coe expressed his opinion," Zhurova told TASS."


World Rowing denies ban of Russian Olympian from World Championships

  • Rowing

World Rowing has denied that it has banned Russia's Ilya Kondratiev from participating at the upcoming World Championships, scheduled to take place from September 3 to 10 in Belgrade.

Russian state-run news agency TASS reported that the global governing body had refused to allow

 "World Rowing did not agree on one athlete for us, we are talking about Ilya Kondratiev," TASS&


Russia name 300-strong "preliminary" delegation for Paris 2024 Paralympics

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has revealed it has a 300-strong "preliminary" delegation for next year’s Paralympics in Paris - despite not knowing whether they will be allowed to participate.

RPC President Pavel Rozhkov has told Russia's official state news agency TASS that it has selected a

athletes.However, Rozhkov did reveal that no teams have been included in the delegation.It is reported by TASS

application with our forecast, taking into account all the criteria that are now in place," Rozhkov told TASS