Biathlon world champion Alexander Loginov has begun a training camp in Sochi separate from the main Russian team.

Alexander started training at the training camp in Sochi," his personal coach, Alexander Kasperovich, told TASS

Three biathletes from Russia have chosen to switch their allegiance to Romania after becoming citizens of the country.

nation, according to the Romanian Biathlon Federation and as reported by Russian state news agency TASS

World Rugby has reportedly handed a four-year ban to Russian Leonid Kalinin for failing a drugs test.

According to Russia's state news agency TASS, the 23-year-old hooker tested positive for a banned steroid

fixture.The match, taking place in Uruguay's capital Montevideo, was won 20-0 by Russia.According to TASS

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) Reinstatement Commission has met virtually today to discuss proposals for how the body can instill a zero-tolerance attitude towards doping in Russia, after the meeting was twice postponed.

representing the RusAF Athletes' Commission.Before the meeting, Konokotin told Russia's state-run news agency TASS

Construction of the Water Sports Palace for the 2023 Summer World University Games in Yekaterinburg is expected to cost RUB10 billion (£102 million/$135 million/€114 million).

parties signing in addition to the contract)," read the contract, per Russia's state-run news agency TASS

Ice hockey coach Bill Peters, who led Canada to a world title but resigned from his role as Calgary Flames head coach last year after admitting to having racially abused one of his players a decade beforehand, has contracted coronavirus.

Per Russia's state-run news agency TASS, Peters' current club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg confirmed his

2.The Yekaterinburg club's first game is scheduled for September 3, versus Traktor Chelyabinsk.Per TASS

Valery Polkhovsky has moved a step closer to becoming head coach of the Russian biathlon team after the expert council of the Russian Sports Ministry recommended he be appointed to the role.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, the expert council put forward Polkhovsky's candidacy

experience in biathlon, I have been accepted and fired from the national team many times," he told TASS

Russia's Sergey Soloveychik has confirmed he intends to seek re-election as President of the European Judo Union (EJU) when the organisation holds its Congress later this year.

Soloveychik, the EJU President since 2007, told Russia's official state news agency TASS the continental

place in Antalya in December.The 54-year-old was re-elected EJU President in 2012 and 2016, and told TASS

A meeting of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) Commission set up to restore its membership of World Athletics has reportedly been postponed for a second time.

As reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS, a date for the meeting has not yet been decided

 RusAF press officer Natalya Yukhareva has since revealed to TASS that the confirmed date of the

preparations in line with this schedule and have never deviated from this schedule," the Russian told TASS

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is set to discuss the 2021 World Championships in September after Latvia threatened to withdraw as co-hosts of the tournament.

Council will meet in mid-September to discuss the situation, as reported by Russian state news agency TASS

Dmitry Aleksashin, a co-founder of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), has died at the age of 71, a week after suffering a stroke.

for Presidency of the RBU in 2018, has been described as "a great loss" for the sport, as reported by TASS

A meeting of the special Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) commission set up to restore its membership of World Athletics that was supposed to take place today was postponed.

of the RusAF Commission the opportunity to study documents, Russia's official state news agency TASS

Commission sent their remarks and comments to the draft document," a spokeswoman for the RusAF told TASS

The coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team, Markus Kramer, is currently unable to join his athletes at a training camp in Terskol as he has not got a visa.

Speaking to Russia's state news agency TASS, coach Sergei Turyshev, who works with Kramer and the same

Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš has claimed he cannot see how the country can co-host the 2021 Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship with Belarus amid violence and allegations of human-rights abuses following Belarus' disputed Presidential election.

Getty ImagesSupporting that belief, IIHF President Rene Fasel told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Our Federation is apolitical, this issue was discussed very briefly," Fasel told TASS."

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) vice-president Kalervo Kummola has raised the issue of the unrest in Belarus as Minsk prepares to co-host the 2021 World Championship.

Minsk.Latvian Ice Hockey Federation secretary general Viesturs Koziols told Russia's state news agency TASS