Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has admitted the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) may be expelled by World Athletics after missing a deadline to pay a fine, although a new commission has been established to work towards restoration.

minimise the risks of aggravating the crisis," said Matytsin, as reported by Russian state news agency TASS

commission has been set up to work towards having the organisation restored by World Athletics.Again per TASS

Russia's former European high jump champion Alexander Shustov is refusing to give up on a campaign to clear his name for doping offences, despite having already lost at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

 "The appeal was filed on time," Shustov told Russia's official state news agency TASS.

Alexey Vlasenko has confirmed his intention to stand for re-election for the Presidency of the Russian Synchronised Swimming Federation, the Russian Diving Federation and the Russian Water Polo Federation.

Swimming Federation and Russian Water Polo Federation in 2016.Vlasenko told the Russian state news agency TASS

Olympic Games to next year does not cancel the need for regular election conferences," Vlasenko told TASS

Figure skating star Alexandra Trusova has successfully landed a quadruple Rittberger jump in training, her coach has said.

provided all conveniences," Plushenko, a double Olympic gold medallist, said to Russia's state news agency TASS

Russian ice hockey club HC Spartak Moscow has suspended the start of training for players after "several" people linked with the team tested positive for coronavirus.

base as a result of the positive COVID-19 tests.Domoratsky told Russia's official state news agency TASS

tested on July 15, before arriving at the base, our requirement is a two-day analysis," Domoratsky told TASS

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, the Russian-born figure skater who represented Australia at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, has died after reportedly falling from a sixth-floor window in Moscow.

The Russian state news agency TASS quoted a law enforcement source claiming that suicide was being

The Executive Committee of the crisis-stricken Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is not planing to hold an urgent election to select a new President.

deadline to pay World Athletics a $6.31 million (£5 million/€5.6 million) fine.Russia's state new agency TASS

Russia’s teenage pole vault star Matvey Volkov has confirmed his intention to switch nationality to represent Belarus, following the Russian Athletics Federation’s (RusAF) failure to meet a deadline set by World Athletics to make a payment as part of reinstatement process.

We decided to move to the union state - Belarus," he told the Russian state news agency TASS."

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has hit back at the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) in a row over an audit of RUSADA.

financial activities raises serious concerns," Degtyarev said, reported by Russia's state news agency TASS

Iran’s Komeil Ghasemi and Russia’s Bilyal Makhov have been upgraded to gold medals in the men’s 120-kilogram freestyle wrestling event at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

single-day procedure and numerous arguments were on the table," Mamiashvili told Russian state news agency TASS

three-time world champion, called for the public to not rush to judgement over the doping case.Makhov told TASS

Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Yevgeny Yurchenko has resigned after the organisation missed a deadline to pay a fine to World Athletics. 

believe that we must go to court to protect this right," he said, as reported by Russian news agency TASS

Melbourne 1956 Olympic gymnastics champion Olga Tass has died aged 91.

total of six medals.This included a gold in the team portable apparatus event at Melbourne 1956, with Tass

 After retiring, Tass became a coach and worked with the French gymnastics team for a period.

 Olga Tass earned six Olympic medals during her career ©Hungarian Olympic CommitteeAmong her accolades

 The Hungarian Olympic Committee were among those to pay tribute to Tass, saying it "shared the

Viktor Maigurov has been elected President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) on a two-year term, with the former world champion tasked with overseeing the efforts to restore the organisation's full membership of the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

biathlon to become a full member of the IBU,"  Matytsin told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yuri Ganus claimed that "unacceptable" allegations of corruption posted on instant messaging platform Telegram was an attempt to "discredit" his organisation. 

Ganus had previously told Russian official state news agency TASS  that he would take court action

Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Yevgeny Yurchenko has pledged court action if Russian athletes are unable to compete internationally under neutral status.

believe that we must go to court to protect this right," he said, as reported by Russian news agency TASS