World and European high jump champion Maria Lasitskene has been named as the first member of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA) new Athletes’ Committee.

Moscow," RUSADA deputy director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Ukraine are to skip the final International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup event of the season in Russia this week, it has been revealed.

stage in Sochi, lugers from 14 countries will perform," Tyurin told Russia's official state news agency TASS

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has expressed confidence in organisers prior to the Winter Universiade and suggested Krasnoyarsk 2019 will leave a strong legacy.

always keeping in mind the scale of this global task," he told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russia’s Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov has hailed the decision of South Korean-born Russian speed skater Viktor Ahn to come out of retirement as "well considered".

return to the sport in time for Beijing 2022, which Kolobkov told Russian official state news agency TASS

strong-wiled person, who managed to start from scratch and earn the deserved success," Kolobkov told TASS

International University Sport Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has reportedly claimed Ukraine will not be sanctioned for missing the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk next month after Russian officials claimed the country was staging a political boycott.

We can only express our regrets in this connection," he told Russia's official state news agency TASS

cooperation with organisations, which failed to take part in the tournament," he said, according to TASS

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel will attend the Opening Ceremony of next month's Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.

all participants of the Universiade," Matytsin said, according to Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Kremlin has repeated its insistence that the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were the "best ever", despite the doping scheme which corrupted the event in the Russian city.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed

unfortunate relations with the international sports society," he said, according to Russian state news agency TASS

The Kremlin is hopeful Russia can repair its relationships with worldwide sporting bodies following the doping scandal after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided to conditionally lift its suspension on the country.

admires the heroism and skills of our Paralympians," Peskov told Russia's official state news agency TASS

have thoroughly studied all IPC requirements and will study them even more in the future," Lukin told TASS

Of course we cannot forget what happened," Parsons said in an interview with TASS.

Alexander Zubkov is among four Russian athletes to have launched appeals against two-year bans issued by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

2014 doping scandal.All four have now registered their appeals with CAS, Russian state news agency TASS

to continue searching for the truth and this is why we have filed appeals with the CAS," he said to TASS

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) is "optimistic" that it will be reinstated to international competition when the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) reports on Friday (February 8).

Pavel Rozhkov, the RPC's first vice president, told Russian media including state news agency TASS: "

Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Dmitry Shlyakhtin has admitted that they were expecting the news from the Court of Arbitration of Sport yesterday that 12 athletes, including Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov, would be banned.

 "Now we will see what to do further," Shlyakhtin told Russia's official state news agency TASS.

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have sent a joint report to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on their progress implementing anti-doping measures.

Committee was established to monitor the RBU's progress.According to the Russian state news agency TASS

and cooperation with investigations were also among the 12 criteria imposed on the RBU.According to TASS

Two athletes have been suspended by the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium.

According to the Russian state news agency TASS, Alexey Kiselev and Vasily Minaev have both been

Russia's Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov has described their relationship with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as "constructive" after the country avoided a further ban for missing a crucial deadline.

I estimate our cooperation as very constructive," Kolobkov said to Russian state news agency TASS."

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board is set to hold four days of meetings in London with the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) among the multiple subjects due to be covered.

issue was demanded by the IPC as a condition of the potential route back.Russia's state news agency TASS