Russian track and field athletes were the most tested by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the first half of this year, the organisation has claimed.

the six months between January and June ©Getty ImagesAccording to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Former volleyball international Pavel Moroz is among the latest batch of competitors sanctioned by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after testing positive for banned drugs.

12, 2018," RUSADA announced in a press release and reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov has praised the student athletes who finished second in the medals table at the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade.

Naples Summer Universiade can be called successful," Kolobkov said to Russia's state news agency TASS

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has included an expenditure item of RUB₽30 million (£382,000/$479,000/€425,000) in its budget to provide legal protection for the interests of the country's athletes, it has been revealed. 

so that athletes can compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.According to Russian state news agency TASS

Physical Culture and Sport held at the end of March.ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has now told TASS

Alexei Kudashov has been appointed to replace Ilya Vorobyov as head coach of the Russian men's ice hockey team.

Kudashov has character," Tretiak told Russia's official state news agency TASS."

Six-times Olympic champion Viktor Ahn will step up his bid for a place on the Russian short track speed skating team when he competes at qualification events in September.

Russian Skating Union (RSU) President Alexey Kravtsov told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Rugby player Dmitry Gritsenko, cross-country skier Andrei Nishchakov and cyclist Yekaterina Golovastova have become the latest Russian athletes to be banned for doping.

anti-doping rule violations from January to June 2019.Pakhnotskaya told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova, a two-time Olympic medallist, has retired at the age of 29 after giving birth to her first child.

statement," Bobrova wrote in an Instagram post, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Skating Championships in London in Canada.Alexander Zhulin, Bobrova and Soloviev's coach since 2012, told TASS

More than 100 suspected anti-doping rule violations against Russian athletes have been uncovered by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the first half of this year, its deputy director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya has revealed.

Pakhnotskaya told Russia's official state news agency TASS that RUSADA had registered 102 potential cases

Russian long-distance runner Ilyas Nurgaliyev has been banned for two years over violations of anti-doping regulations.

tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drug oxilofrine.Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Belarus after the country successfully hosted the second edition of the European Games here. 

congratulate Belarus on the good organisation of such a large-scale event," Putin said, as reported by TASS

A team of 275 Russian athletes has arrived in Naples for the 2019 Summer Universiade, due to begin here on Wednesday (July 3). 

Russian Students Sport Union President Sergei Seyranov told Russia's official state news agency TASS&

Olympic bronze medallist Evgeniy Garanichev has signed a contract with the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) to continue competing for the country.

to sign the contract which covers areas including bonuses and sponsorship obligations.According to TASS

Bobsledder Anastasia Kocherzhova, the team-mate of Nadezhda Sergeeva who was one of two Russian athletes to fail a drugs test at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, has decided to put her career on hold.

Games.Kocherzhova missed the 2018-2019 season and has now told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Thirty-three athletes are facing anti-doping proceedings from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) for using banned treatment from a doctor at a sports academy in Chuvashia.

November 2018 and April 2019.RusAF President Dmitry Shlyakhtin told Russia's official state news agency TASS