Team kits for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ice hockey team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been revealed.

Olympic Games is in line with the established regulations," the IOC told the Russian state news agency TASS

The Freestyle Skiing World Cup at Copper Mountain should be stripped of its status as an event that counts towards qualification for Beijing 2022 after the Russian team was denied entry to the United States because the country's COVID-19 vaccine is not recognised, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has claimed.

these competitions [should apply]," Pozdnyakov said, according to Russia's official state news agency TASS

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has warned countries diplomatically boycotting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will "pay the price" for their "mistaken acts".

boycott.Russian Olympic Committee head Stanislav Pozdnyakov told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Support for the cancellation of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade due to the emergence of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant has been offered from across university sport.

participating national teams," Russian Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretiak told state news agency TASS

The World Athletics Council, which will meet tomorrow and Wednesday, will hear of what further progress has been made by the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) in its quest to be restored to full international status.

accordance with the roadmap that has been agreed," Matytsin told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi has revealed that he has tested positive for COVID-19 only a day after a historic victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Ruka.

Kascha, press secretary of the World Cup stage in Nizhny Tagil, told Russia’s official State news agency TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony and plans for his visit are underway, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

September, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova, speaking to official state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin is optimistic that his country will be restored to full membership of World Athletics in 2022.

accordance with the roadmap that has been agreed," Matytsin told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Luge world champion Roman Repilov is in isolation in China after returning a positive COVID-19 test - just two days before the opening World Cup of the season.

Citing national coach Artem Petrakov, TASS, Russia's state-run news agency, reports that Repilov was

situation is very strange, we asked for support from the Russian Olympic Committee," Petrakov told TASS

Prolific judo and sambo champion Anatoly Bondarenko has died at the age of 78 after suffering from COVID-19, it has been announced.

unfortunately, did not pass him by," FIAS vice-president Sergei Eliseev told the Russian state news agency TASS

Russian ice hockey player Valeri Nichushkin reportedly faces a four-year ban over a reported positive drug test in 2013.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) reportedly confirmed to the country’s state news agency TASS

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the uniforms to be worn by Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) athletes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics next year, according to ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov.

Pozdnyakov spoke with Russian state news agency TASS and said the IOC had given the country the green

Russia's Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has revealed that a total of 599 athletes across 13 sports have provisionally been shortlisted to represent the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

As reported by the Russian state news agency TASS, the ROC published an initial list of 599 athletes

Russian Olympic Committee at Beijing 2022 due to sanctions imposed on the country ©Getty ImagesHowever, TASS

The chair of the International Gymnastics Federation's (FIG) Rhythmic Technical Committee has been provisionally reinstated to the list of candidates for the upcoming election after she appealed Russia's decision to withdraw her from the running following a dispute linked to the controversial all-around final at Tokyo 2020.

Averina.International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) President Morinari Watanabe told Russia's official state news agency TASS

has been reinstated pending the final decision of the GEF.FIG first vice-president Vasily Titov told TASS

Russia plans to host a multi-discipline event called "eSports Games of the Future" in 2023, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

of the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, told Russia's official state news agency TASS