Russian President Vladimir Putin has described whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov as an "imbecile with obvious problems".

nbsp;The Kremlin has labelled this claim by Rodchenkov as "slander".As reported by Russian news agency TASS

the Olympic Movement into a backyard for some dirty nitty-gritty of politics," he said, according to TASS

Russian athletes should be banned entirely from March's Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang and the decision to allow them to compete as neutrals is "incomprehensible", the head of the German Paralympic Committee (DBS) has claimed.

Svishchyov said the verdict from the IPC could be considered a "victory".He told Russian state news agency TASS

Russia's team of 169 athletes for next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang 2018 has been confirmed, it was claimed today.

Olympic Committee first vice-president Stanislav Pozdnyakov told the country's official state news agency TASS

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has sent a letter to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) requesting that they accelerate the review process for the country's athletes who wish to compete as neutrals.

hurdler Sergey Shubenkov.RusAF press officer Natalya Yukhareva told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Football Association of Norway (NFF) President Terje Svendsen has claimed Russia should be banned from competing at their home World Cup if allegations of doping in football in the country are proven.

the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko.Alayev told Russia's official state news agency TASS

Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Dmitry Shlyakhtin has questioned whether the doctors who gave out references following the withdrawal of 36 athletes from the Siberian Indoor Championships in Irkutsk were legitimate.

Siberian Indoor Championships had avoided doping control.He told Russia’s official state news agency TASS

With the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia fast approaching, racism has once again reared its ugly head.

influential people such as Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova who, as reported by TASS

President of the Russian Luge Federation Natalia Gart claims that banned athletes Albert Demchenko and Tatyana Ivanova will be represented by an American lawyer from Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd at their Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing.

Sport on January 25, it has been claimed ©IFLR1000As reported by Russia’s official state news agency TASS

Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretyak has said Saint Petersburg will bid for the 2024 edition of the men's World Championship.

claim in a YouTube video posted on the organisation's channel, as reported by Russian state news agency TASS

Russia is planning to enact "sanctions" against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials it believes are responsible for making the country’s team compete neutrally at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, reports have said.

I don’t know what sanctions against WADA officials will give," he told Russian state news agency TASS

I am categorically against this," he was reported as saying by TASS. "What sanctions?

A new President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) is due to be elected at a Congress in Moscow from November 1 to 4.

revealed by Umar Kremlev, the secretary general of the Boxing Federation of Russia, in an interview with TASS

International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will not wear kit provided by Bosco at Pyeongchang 2018 as part of an agreement with the Russian company following a request to remove their logo.

IOC's decision.Mikhail Kusnirovich, chairman of the well-known brand, told Russian state news agency TASS

confirmed to insidethegames that Bosco kit would not be worn by IOC members at the Games.The IOC had told TASS

A decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to announce verdicts in cases involving Russian athletes banned from the Olympic Games for life less than 10 days before Pyeongchang 2018 provides "no obstacles whatsoever" for those cleared to take part, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has claimed.

to be the only sanctioned athlete to not have filed an appeal.Zhukov told Russia's state news agency TASS

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) are yet to respond to to applications from Russian athletes looking for permission to compete neutrally, the All-Russia Athletic Federation have claimed.

According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, Natalia Yukhareva, the press officer of the ARAF

Russian skiers Nikita Kryukov, Alexander Bessmertnykh and Natalia Matveyeva have reportedly become the latest from the country to appeal their suspensions from the Olympic Games to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

decisions against the trio have not yet been published.But their lawyer Anna Kozmenko has told the TASS