The organisers of the Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games have announced the Aquatics Palace in the city is set to be completed in March 2023.

general director of the general contractor Sinara-Development told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Was it really exactly half a century ago next Monday (March 8) that I sat at ringside as one of 760 scribes covering what had been labelled the Fight of the Century, Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in New York, a city throbbing with lip-licking anticipation.

Soviet Union, where professional boxing was then banned, sent two reporters from the state news agency TASS

Russian cross-country skier Sergei Ustyugov - seven times a medallist at the Nordic World Ski Championships - has avoided serious injury after a fall on the eve of this year's event.

Nothing terrible", Turyshev said when discussing the injury with Russia's state-run news agency TASS&

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has welcomed the news the organisation’s athletes will be able to compete under the name “ROC” at the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

logo," said Anastasia Zadorina, founder of the country’s official outfitter Zasport, as reported by TASS

equipment should be replaced with the Russian sport federation emblem for World Championships.Speaking to TASS

Results at the Russian Sambo Championships, due to take place in Orenburg from February 27 to March 1, will be "unpredictable" because of new weight categories established to fit International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendations.

All-Russian Sambo Federation and the European Sambo Federation, Russia’s official state news agency TASS

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has claimed he is hopeful that full Olympic recognition for the sport will be considered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later this year. 

is hopeful full recognition will be forthcoming.Shestakov told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) President Viktor Maigurov has claimed the organisation has spent more than €1 million (£872,000/$1.21 million) over the past two years in a bid to regain full membership within the International Biathlon Union (IBU) by the end of 2022.

was required to meet 12 conditions for reinstatement.Speaking to Russia's official state news agency TASS

task now is to restore our full membership, this is possible at the Congress in 2022," Maigurov told TASS

In Antholz, we were provided with updated information on the numbers," Maigurov told TASS."

Peter Ivanov has been forced to resign as President of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) after less than three months in the role because of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision in the country's case against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Privalova, the third RusAF President in less than a year, told Russia's official state news agency TASS

from the post of President of ARAF and from the Presidium of the organisation," World Athletics told TASS

Tamara Shashikhina has been named chair of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Supervisory Board, while Mikhail Bukhanov’s term as acting chief executive could be extended for up to six months.

Board during this difficult period for the agency," said Bukhanov, according to state-run news agency TASS

Russian Olympic wrestling champion Soslan Ramonov is set to miss out on defending his title through injury.

30-year-old has had surgery performed on his knee ligaments, according to Russian state news agency TASS

went well, the clinic is good, everything is in order," said Ramonov - also a world champion 2014 - to TASS

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has said it is following the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision after the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) complained over the "restriction" of its official name and logo at the Biathlon World Championships.

has defended the governing body’s interpretation.Karlsson told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has offered the country's COVID-19 vaccination to African athletes aiming to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

According to Russian state news agency TASS, Matytsin made the offer during a meeting with his counterparts

Russian officials have revealed plans to bid for a future edition of the European Boxing Championships.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, Buryatia is hopeful of staging the continental

Buryatia is making confident steps in boxing," Tsydenov said, according to TASS."

Russia has been given the target of reaching the top 20 in the world by 2025, and the top 10 by 2030, by Alexander Dyukov after he was re-elected President of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

another four-year term at the RFU Conference in Moscow.According to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Roman Repilov, winner of the the 2021 World Luge Championship in Germany last Saturday (January 30( under the restrictive conditions imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling last December. 

Repilov which has been posted on the Kremlin’s official website, Russia's official state news agency TASS