Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov claimed his organisation's plans for the future have received the backing of International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach.

expanding cooperation with international organisations", according to Russia's official state news agency TASS

The issue of national team participation was not on the agenda of the Olympic Assembly," he said to TASS

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has said it will be "difficult" for the sport to gain a spot on the Olympic programme, but that chances to achieve that goal still remain.

The 65-year-old was speaking at a press conference organised by the Russian state news agency TASS 

An appeal filed by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) against a Moscow court ruling which attempted to overturn Alexander Zubkov's disqualification from Sochi 2014 will be heard later this month, it has been announced.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, the compliant from the ROC will be considered

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya has promised the body will immediately take any observations from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on board as officials from the global watchdog started an audit of the organisation in Moscow today.

RUSADA’s roadmap; they already started working," Pakhnotskaya told Russia's official state news agency TASS

International Fencing Federation (FIE) President Alisher Usmanov wants the sport to be seen as one of the most modern and innovative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

spectators in the stands and by the viewers," Usmanov, who was first elected as President in 2008, said to TASS

Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii has been handed a four-year ban following his positive drug test at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

decision to the CAS Appeals Arbitration Division with 21 days.According to the Russian news agency TASS

The Congress of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has approved the creation of a Gymnastics Violence Prevention Foundation at its meeting in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, it has been reported. 

Foundation was reportedly approved by the Congress today.According to Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) general director Yury Ganus and his deputy Margarita Pakhnotskaya both feature on the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Working Group overseeing the restoration of Russia’s full membership rights, it has been announced.

Pakhnotskaya.RBU President Vladimir Drachev, meanwhile, has told Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has dropped charges against seven players of National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) team Rossosh Voronezh for the use of prohibited substance meldonium. 

As reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS, it became known in April 2018 that the

Goalball has been showcased to 4,000 people during a EuroLeague basketball match in Mytishchi in Russia.

cover the losses incurred by the doping scandal and Parsons told Russia's official state news agency TASS

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has paid over half of the outstanding fees owed to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in order to have its suspension lifted, IPC President Andrew Parsons has revealed.

cover the losses incurred by the doping scandal and Parsons told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Vitaly Mutko has taken part in a meeting to back Gianni Infantino’s campaign to be re-elected as President of FIFA in what appears to confirm his return to the position of the head of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

of Russia during a press conference to publicise the World Cup.Russia's official state news agency TASS

A court in Moscow has refused to acknowledge the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling to disqualify Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games for violating anti-doping rules.

, he is most concerned with this," sports lawyer Artyom Patsev told Russia's state news agency TASS

Russia's rapid rehabilitation after it was embroiled in a major doping scandal that led to the country's suspension continued today when they were awarded the 2022 International Volleyball (FIVB) Men's World Championships. 

I was sure that FIVB approve Russia’s bid," Kolobkov told Russia' state news agency TASS.

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yury Ganus has cast doubt on the nation remaining compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after he admitted he was concerned over the lack of progress in fulfilling the criteria on access to the Moscow Laboratory.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, Ganus urged Russian authorities to speed up their