Russia's Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova has opted to skip the national team's pre-season test skating on September 12 and 13, to focus on hosting a reality television show.

new role, namely to be the host of Ice Age," said Zagitova, according to Russia's state news agency TASS

However, Russian figure skating coach Alexander Zhulin told TASS that he believed it was a sign that

Latvia has formally called for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to strip Belarus of its co-hosting rights for the 2021 Men's World Championship.

other than Belarus.The IIHF is set to discuss the situation at its next Council meeting on September 17.TASS

but that remains in doubt amid political tension between the two countries ©Getty ImagesKoziols told TASS

American-born Russian double Olympic snowboarding gold medallist Vic Wild is set to return to training after missing the first camp for athletes in the parallel disciplines due to coronavirus restrictions.

Denis Salagaev told Russia's official state news agency TASS that Wild, who won gold in the parallel

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) are expected to discuss possible scenarios around the World Youth Championships at their Council meeting on September 15.

are due to contest the event in Sweden.IIHF President Rene Fasel told the Russian state news agency TASS

This year's Bandy World Championship in Russia has been thrown into doubt after three countries withdrew from the tournament due to travel restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Matienko, President of the Irkutsk Region Bandy Federation, told Russia's official state news agency TASS

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President Rene Fasel has repeated his claim it is too early to decide on the hosting of the 2021 Men’s World Championships despite growing political tension between co-hosts Latvia and Belarus.

own mission, we are sports and are not engaged in politics," Fasel told the Russian state news agency TASS

We want to learn from the experience of the National Hockey League," Tretyak told TASS."

Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) President Viktor Maigurov has said the organisation intends to pay off its debts to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) before the start of the upcoming season.

constant correspondence with the IBU," Maigurov said in comments reported by Russian state news agency TASS

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) have sent an updated roadmap, a key criteria for them being reinstated, to World Athletics.

as part of the recovery process," a spokeswoman for RusAF told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Shubenkov, the silver medallist at last year’s World Championships, told TASS."

European Gymnastics has insisted that the Russian Rhythmic Federation did not raise any of its concerns over the upcoming European Championships with the continental body and that discussions are underway to try and avoid athletes and officials having to quarantine for two weeks in Ukraine.

Speaking to Russia's state-run news agency TASS, Viner-Usmanova complained about the uncertainty of whether

Russian biathlon coach Valery Polkhovsky says he will not act as vice-president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) as well.

I have a lot of work to do, so the position of head coach will be enough", Polkhovsky said to TASS, Russia's

The head coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team has claimed the country did not enter the European Championships because of "unacceptable" conditions imposed by organisers.

take place from November 26 to 29 in Kyiv.Russia is not on the entry list, and Viner-Usmanova told TASS

The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) is "deeply concerned" by the control that the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) exercise over the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), following their decision to remove Yuri Ganus as the organisation’s director general yesterday.

I do not like the way decisions are made,” Khrychikov told the Russian state news agency TASS."

received any messages from WADA, I have not received any calls or any e-mail messages," Ivlev told TASS

Yuri Ganus has been sacked as Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general after a recommendation was approved by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).

official claiming their "fears have been confirmed".Pozdnyakov confirmed to the Russian state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has called for "reasonable decisions" to be made tomorrow, with a meeting set the determine Yuri Ganus' status as Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general.

recommendations made by the Supervisory Board," Matytsin said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS

European champion Nadezhda Sergeeva is set to join the next Russian national team training camp prior to the start of the new bobsleigh season.

Yug-Sport from September 4 to 20, tentatively," Russian national team coach Pavel Shcheglovsky told the TASS