Olga Zaitseva has been nominated to sit on the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Board, despite her disqualification from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics for doping.

The 42-year-old confirmed to Russia's state news agency TASS that she had been put forward for the role

Yes, I was nominated as a candidate for the RBU by the Moscow Biathlon Federation," Zaitseva said to TASS

Three-time world champion and double Olympic bronze medallist Viktor Maigourov is set to stand for Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) President after being proposed as a candidate by the Moscow region of the national body.

position.He has remained coy on his candidacy, however, telling Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russia's freestyle skiing national team will begin training together in early July instead of regionally, head coach Mikhail Nosov has announced.

Nosov told Russia's official state news agency TASS that the squad would train as a team, a switch from

Lawyers for former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack say he should not be made a "scapegoat" at his corruption trial in Paris.

enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation that investigated this case is important," Balakhnichev, told TASS

Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, who was forced to go into a period of quarantine after arriving back in the country from the United States, has joined her international athletes at a training camp in Novogorsk.

who has returned to training after taking an extended break from the sport.Russian state news agency TASS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov’s appeal against his doping ban on October 20.

decision to CAS.The hearing is confirmed for October 20.It was reported by Russian state news agency TASS

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has announced updated testing processes as sport continues to emerge from the lockdown period.

outbreak.Testing has now resumed, with RUSADA director general Yury Ganus telling Russia’s state news agency TASS

A decision on this year's World Sambo Championships in Turkmenistan will be confirmed by the end of September.

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov told Russia's state news agency TASS

Grozny is expected to host the Russian Weightlifting Championships from August 17 to 23 following the event’s postponement.

the coronavirus pandemic, but aimed to keep it in Grozny.According to the Russian state news agency TASS

Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii will resume his career when his doping ban expires, according to Russian Curling Federation President Dmitry Svishchev.

underway on February 4 and conclude on February 20.Svishchev told the Russian official state news agency TASS

Traffic police are reportedly set to investigate a complaint by Russian Paralympian Oksana Savchenko after she was insulted during a dispute in Ufa.

Paralympic swimming titles during her career ©Getty ImagesAccording to Russia’s official state news agency TASS

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) deputy director Margarita Pakhnotskaya says the organisation discovered 27 possible violations of anti-doping rules by athletes in May.

According to the Russia's official state news agency TASS, Pakhnotskaya revealed that the number of cases

employees revealed one violation of the accessibility rules for testing," said Pakhnotskaya, according to TASS

Ski jumper Alexandra Kustova has been suspended for 18 months for whereabouts failures, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced.

Nordic Combined Federation of Russia head Dmitry Dubrovsky told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Double world junior figure skating champion Alexandra Trusova's coaching switch has been approved by the Moscow Figure Skating Federation.

medallist Evgeni Plushenko.Plushenko had revealed in an interview with Russia's official state news agency TASS

them.Plushenko, who won gold in the singles at Turin 2006 and in the team event at Sochi 2014, told TASS

Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) President Vladimir Drachev has warned the amount of money the organisation needs to pay the International Biathlon Union (IBU) as part of its conditions for full reinstatement is likely to have increased.

information on the amount of the debt, it remained the same as it was on February 4,” Drachev told TASS