Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has claimed the country will not recognise the conclusions of the McLaren Report, one of the two outstanding criteria required for the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to be made compliant.

underestimated the possible consequences of the boycott," he said, according to the Russian news agency TASS

Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii has denied speculation that his high-profile drugs test failure at Pyeongchang 2018 was due to an ex-girlfriend spiking him.

He added to Russia's state news agency TASS: "This situation shocked us, but we will continue training

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked ice hockey players for singing the Russian national anthem after they claimed gold in the men's competition at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

We heard our ice hockey players sing the anthem," he said, according to the Russian news agency TASS.

German lawyer Christof Wieschemann has claimed medallists from the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics will never have a complete triumph following the absence of several leading Russian athletes from the Games.

millions of our citizens, primarily young people," Putin said, according to the Russian news agency TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) men's ice hockey team after they secured Olympic gold with a 4-3 overtime win against Germany at Pyeongchang 2018.

As reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS, the head coach of the OAR ice hockey team Oleg

A group of National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) have stepped up their criticism of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following the decision to lift Russia's suspension if no fresh new doping cases among their athletes emerge from Pyeongchang 2018, claiming their management of the crisis has "gone from bad to worse".

ban to be lifted sooner rather than later.In a statement sent to Russia's official state news agency TASS

confident our team’s victories won’t fade away on the background of the accreditation problem," he told TASS

Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii has withdrawn his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and accepted his failed drugs test for meldonium.

 Krushelnitckii still does not accept wrongdoing but said in a statement to TASS, Russia's official

never either violated the rules of sports or used doping," the curler said in a statement provided to TASS

Russian racewalkers Sergey Sharypov and Yulia Turova have applied to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for the right to compete in international competitions as neutral athletes.

athletes who had already started their applications.As reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

Moscow City Court has rejected an appeal from Grigory Rodchenkov's lawyers to have the whistleblower's arrest in absentia warrant rescinded after he was charged with trafficking dangerous substances.

In announcing the verdict, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS, the judge said: "

The Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) have promised to help the family of foil fencer Tatiana Goloseeva, who has died suddenly at the age of 23.

sportswoman, a good girl with whom it was a pleasure to talk with," told Russia's official State news agency TASS

Head coaches of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) and United States ice hockey teams did not shake hands following the former's 4-0 victory after the encounter ended with a dispute.

playing dirty today, it was [ice] hockey, they played as they always do, in the body," Kovalchuk told TASS

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has refused requests from 18 Russian athletes to be allowed to compete under a neutral flag, it has been revealed.

status of the remaining athletes.RusAF have now confirmed, though, Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian skeleton athlete Nikita Tregubov dedicated his Olympic silver medal-winning performance here at the Pyeongchang 2018 to his banned team-mates, saying he "fought for them as well".

Winning an Olympic silver feels absolutely incredible," he told TASS, Russia's official state news agency

Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesDanil Chaban, the main coach of Russia’s bobsled and skeleton team, told TASS

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have pre-registered the Russian neutral delegation that will travel to Pyeongchang for next month's Winter Paralympic Games.

was in attendance for the pre-registration and, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS

France’s Pierre Vaultier successfully defended his men’s snowboard cross Olympic title after coming out on top on a challenging day at Pyeongchang 2018.

Australian pair of Alex Pullin and Hughes.Russian Snowboard Federation President Denis Tikhomirov told TASS