Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Honorary President Alexander Zhukov believes that the possibility of the country competing under the same conditions as the refugee team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is "unacceptable".

This is simply unacceptable," Zhukov said, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS."

proposals, as far as it relates to both the Olympic Charter and human rights," he said, as reported by TASS

UEFA has insisted any development tournaments held in Russia are not under its auspices, after Russian Football Union (RFU) secretary general Maxim Mitrofanov claimed the governing body is open to staging such events in the country despite the war in Ukraine.

compete with their home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors.Russian state-run news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has claimed that no approval will be required from International Federations to hold the first-ever "BRICS Games".

sovereignty, including in sports," said Matytsin as reported by Russia’s official state news agency TASS

According to TASS, proposals for the Games must be submitted by July 1 with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail

Central Asian former Soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.Matytsin told TASS

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said that the country's absence from international sport has lowered the standard of competitions.

both the financial component and competition," Matytsin said, according to Russia's state news agency TASS

The Ukrainian Sports Ministry has accused Russian fencer Valeria Kobzeva of breaching guidelines that allow athletes to participate as neutral competitors in international competitions.

in 2013, has also been critical of the regulations.He told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russia has arranged a men's football friendly match away to last year's FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar for September, but Russian Football Union (RFU) President Aleksandr Dyukov has admitted some countries "do not want to play with us".

in order to agree with rivals, because they do not want to play with us," he noted, as reported by TASS

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has approved a process which will see Russian and Belarusian athletes return as neutrals from 2024.

be too late to qualify for Paris 2024 ©Getty ImagesBychkov told Russia's official state news agency TASS

An amended route has been drawn up for a Russian sailing competition in annexed Crimea, because of "security measures".

miles," said Oleg Yushkov, the chief referee of the competition, to Russia's official state news agency TASS

The International Skating Union (ISU) has announced today that it will maintain its ban on the participation of Russian and Belarusian skaters following the invasion of Ukraine last year.

losing money, just today they published a report," Bestemyanova told Russia's official state news agency TASS

This ISU decision means that our athletes - both seniors and juniors - cannot compete," he told TASS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the International Judo Federation's (IJF) decision to retrospectively declare neutral athlete Inal Tasoev the joint-winner of the men's over-100 kilograms event at the World Championships in Doha after it admitted a refereeing error.

Academy at the Sirius Science and Art Park near Sochi, as reported by Russian state-run news agency TASS

Russian Esports Federation President Dmitry Smit said players from the country may miss the World Championships in Romania as the Mayor of the host city does not want them to come.

permitted to compete as neutrals amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.Smit told Russia's state news agency TASS

World Taekwondo has launched an investigation to see if any rules were broken after banned Russians Vladislav Larin and Maxim Khramtsov attended the World Championships in Baku.

of the team" at the event in Azerbaijan's capital last week.Ivanov told Russia's state news agency TASS

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World Rowing has said it will allow a "limited number" of Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition as neutrals.

Russian Rowing Federation President Alexei Svirin told the country's state news agency TASS that a "meagre

The father of Russian teenage rider Savelii Laptev has claimed that his son’s suspension from International Cycling Union (UCI) competition is a "misunderstanding", alleging that his social media account had been "hacked".

Ukraine on social media or in interviews and are not affiliated with the military.Grigory Laptev told TASS

Olympic gold medallist Alexander Lesun has criticised the composition of a group appointed by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) to decide whether athletes from Russia and Belarus meet the criteria to compete.

Alexander Lesun ©OCA"This is a very strange Commission," Lesun told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russians should agree to the condition to compete at the Olympic Games in a neutral status," he told TASS

I very rarely pay attention to events in sports politics, I'm so tired of the process," Lesun told TASS