Russian President Vladimir Putin is adamant that the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) team will perform well at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, following the country's ban from Rio 2016, a decision he remains hugely critical of.

the Paralympics after a prolonged forced break," said Putin, according to Russian state news agency TASS

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has slammed the standard of refereeing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and accused Western countries of wishing for Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) athletes to fail.

far from sports and undermine the principle of fair struggle," Lavrov said, per state-run news agency TASS

Athletes from across the globe have been feted on their returns home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

successful performance," said Russian sports minister Oleg Matytsin, as reported by state-run news agency TASS

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, is "satisfied" at the ROC team’s fifth place in the Tokyo 2020 medals table and believes Russian athletes have the potential to win more medals at the Paris 2024 Games.

“I am satisfied with the fifth place,” Pozdnyakov told Russian news agency TASS."

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has officially launched a complaint to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) over the all-around rhythmic result at Tokyo 2020, with a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman calling the outcome a "forgery".

marks with the other three apparatus.ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov told Russian state news agency TASS

Russia has announced it will be taking 241 athletes to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, its largest ever delegation for the event, as it makes its return to the event after missing Rio 2016. 

women," said Pavel Rozhkov, Acting President of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), as reported by TASS

Russian wrestler Musa Evloev won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after beating Armenia's defending Olympic and three-times world champion Artur Aleksanyan.

just one.After the triumph, he said: "I am very happy, this is a great victory for me," as reported by TASS

Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has queried the decision to award a gold medal each to high jumpers Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi after they both cleared 2.37 metres in the Olympic final.

height, the same attempts, the bar is set one step lower," Isinbayeva told state-run Russian news agency TASS

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been drawn into the row over the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) involvement at Tokyo 2020, following critical comments of Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

However, according to Russian state news agency TASS, the IOC has distanced itself from the issue, with

Alexander Zverev managed to shut out the voices of anti-Olympic protesters as he swatted away Karen Khachanov to secure gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

cannot influence the protests," a statement from the ITF read in a report by Russian state news agency TASS

Ryan Murphy of the United States, who won swimming silver in today’s men’s 200 metres backstroke final behind Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), told a media conference that he could not be sure the race was clean.

Honorary President of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov told Russian state news agency TASS

Competition is open for the right to reconstruct the Kalininets sports complex for the Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games.

a starting price set at RUB2.5 billion (£2.45 billion/$3.39 billion/€2.87 billion), as reported by TASS

Vitalina Batsarashkina thanked the influence of her grandfathers after winning the Russian Olympic Committee's first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 yesterday. 

after the malfunction was discovered.The shooter's mother told Russia's official state news agency TASS

A decision on whether National Hockey League (NHL) players will be allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will not be made until after Tokyo 2020 , according to International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel.

Speaking to Russian state news agency TASS, Fasel said all parties involved would assess how the COVID

Yekaterinburg 2023 ambassador Sergei Karyakin is planning to hold a special race to promote the World University Games.

ambassador in May.The racing driver was born in the Russian city.Speaking to state-run news agency TASS