Russia and Qatar have issued denials following a new court indictment which alleges FIFA executives were paid bribes in exchange for voting for the countries to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

we cannot understand what is it all about," Peskov said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has extended its suspension of testing until at least the start of May in response to Government measures introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic.

RUSADA deputy director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya told Russia's official state news agency TASS that

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) European Climbing Championships have been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

 CFR President Dmitry Bychkov said to Russian News Agency TASS: "We are currently discussing

Russian boxing coach Anton Kadushin has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus after travelling home from the Tokyo 2020 European boxing qualifier in London.

positive result of the test several days ago," Kremlev said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS

Vladimir Drachev is facing calls to resign as President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) after a group of athletes and officials urged him to step down before his term ends next year.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, 24 people, including several Olympic gold medallists

to be discussed during the next meeting of the RBU Board.Drachev, a four-time world champion, told TASS

down ©Getty Images"We always have a lot of those, who rejoice over misfortunes," Drachev told TASS

Hearings in Russia's case against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) could begin in July, according to CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb.

Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) vice-president Pavel Rozhkov told Russia's official state news agency TASS

World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight world champion Alexander Besputin has claimed his B sample has not been opened because of the coronavirus pandemic.

was due to be opened earlier this month at an anti-doping laboratory in Paris, however Besputin told TASS

last year to claim the WBA crown.When the results of the A sample were announced, Besputin told TASS

A "very strong degree of international cooperation" will be needed to address the challenges arising from the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to British International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sir Craig Reedie.

Smirnov, the Honorary President of the Russian Olympic Committee and an honorary member of the IOC, told TASS

The Russian Ministry of Sport has cancelled all international events scheduled to take place in the country until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic.

hold and said mass-participation events would no longer take place.Russia's official state news agency TASS

As the global sporting calendar collapsed earlier this week amid the coronavirus pandemic, the latest twist in one of the longest running sagas in sport took an understandable backseat.

international competitions, athletes are the heart of sports,” Yurchenko told the Russian news state agency TASS

Grigory Rodchenkov's lawyer has insisted signatures on affidavits provided by the whistleblower are legitimate after the legal team of three Russian biathletes stripped of their Olympic medals for their role in the Sochi 2014 doping scandal claimed they were fake.

signatures provided by Rodchenkov had been falsified.According to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Yevgeny Yurchenko has been elected as President of the crisis-stricken Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) at an Extraordinary Conference in Moscow.

earlier this month to focus on his coaching career.According to the Russian official state news agency TASS

Three candidates will be in the running to succeed Dmitry Shlyakhtin as President of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) when the crisis-ridden body holds elections at an Extraordinary Conference in Moscow tomorrow.

Yurchenko are the three officials standing for the top job.According to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has vowed to do "everything necessary" to protect the interests of Alexander Loginov after he was the subject of an anti-doping raid by Italian police during the Biathlon World Championships.

served a two-year doping ban between 2014 and 2016.According to Russia's official state news agency TASS

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has denied instructing Italian authorities to conduct a raid on Russian Alexander Loginov and his coach Alexander Kasperovich during the World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva.

since it evidently provokes the response,” Drachev said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS

I do not have sufficient information on how much it is political,” Matytsin said, according to TASS