Dina Averina has become the most successful athlete of all time at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships after winning gold in the individual all-around final in Kitakyushu in Japan.

a phenomenal performance," said former world champion Yana Batyrshina of Uzbekistan, as reported by TASS

Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov is set to be re-elected President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) next month after being confirmed as the only candidate for the position.

governing body holds its Elective Congress in Lausanne on November 27.Russia's official state news agency TASS

Dominican Republic official Marcos Diaz has been re-elected as chair of the eighth session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) Bureau to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Convention against Doping in Sport at the gathering in Paris.

its meeting at UNESCO's headquarters in the French capital, and as per the Russian state news agency TASS

The Russian Ministry of Sports has claimed that the Anti-Doping Logic system at the eighth session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Convention against Doping in Sport recognised Russia as "100 per cent compliant" with the Convention.

International Convention against Doping in Sport ©Russian Ministry of SportAs per the Russian state news agency TASS

Russia's Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin met with the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Witold Bańka, discussing the agenda of the eighth session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Convention against Doping in Sport in Paris.

Zimbabwean Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Leisure Kirsty Coventry.As per the Russian state news agency TASS

Olympic gold medallist Ilya Kovalchuk will join the Russian men's national ice hockey team as general manager at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

cycle," said Russia's head coach Alexei Zhamnov, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has pledged to support Russian boxer Ilya Medvedev in his recovery from a bear attack.

Medvedev in his recovery ©AIBAAIBA President Umar Kremlev told Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has announced it will hold a regular season game in Dubai in December.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, the match will be staged in the country after

A member of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council has labelled potential changes to overtaking rules in the cross-country discipline as "absurd".

rule change, approved by the Cross-Country Committee.Vyalbe told Russia's official state news agency TASS

The FIS Council [meeting] has already passed, none of this has been discussed at it," she told TASS.

Russia’s Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said his Government department is "ready to assist" the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in its efforts to be re-instated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

We always assume that RUSADA is completely independent in its work," said Matytsin in a report by TASS

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyjarto who was attending the Russian Energy Week forum.According to TASS

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has strongly refuted allegations of a potential "breach of trust and corruptibility" against its President Franz Reindl, but it has launched an independent investigation into the claims.

Speaking to Russian state news agency TASS after Frenchman Luc Tardif was elected as IIHF President in

The appeals of Russian biathletes and Winter Olympic medallists Evgeny Ustyugov and Svetlana Sleptsova to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against bans imposed by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) have been postponed until 2022 "as the evidentiary proceedings have not been completed yet."

were delayed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.As reported by the Russian state news agency TASS

A row has erupted over Russian athletes' participation at the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) European MMA Championships, which are being staged in Ukraine, but the organisation insists Russia will be able to send a team or the event would be moved.

A separate GAMMA statement given to TASS claimed that Tesley's comments had been "misinterpreted

Russian speed skater Ruslan Zakharov, a Junior World Cup winner and Junior World Championships bronze medallist, has died aged just 23 after an accident involving a truck in Khabarovsk.

As reported by the Russian state news agency TASS, the Russian Skating Union confirmed Zakharov's death

Moscow's Anti-Doping Laboratory has had its status to test blood samples formally revoked by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after it claimed to have discovered evidence of manipulation. 

Achkasov and Evgeny Rashchevsky joined the Supervisory Board.According Russia's official news agency TASS