Dutch water polo player Olaf Bakker has been banned from all competition for just over three years after testing positive for a number of substances last year.

positive for the drug at the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade, Russian news agency TASS

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games that she was stripped of back in August, her mother told Russian news agency TASS

informed them of our intention to return the medal," Fedoriva's mum, Lyudmila, said in an interview with TASS

 Alexandra Brilliantova, the head of the ROC's legal department, told TASS earlier this month that

A delegation of Russian lawmakers headed by two-time Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player Vyacheslav Fetisov is set to travel to Germany next week to discuss ways of accelerating the reinstatement of the country’s membership in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

will be allowed to compete at Pyeongchang 2018 until just a month before the Games begin.Speaking to TASS

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has filed petitions to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) asking to permit 16 national track and field athletes to compete internationally on a neutral basis, according to an official from the governing body.

and have now filed a further 16.Alexander Parkin, the head of RusAF’s anti-doping department, told TASS

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said "a number" of Russian athletes have already returned their medals as requested following the re-testing of samples from the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games. 

 Although the IOC said it will not comment on individual cases, a spokesperson told TASS: "We have

Alexandra Brilliantova, the head of the ROC's legal department, told TASS earlier this month that none

An International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Taskforce led by British Rowing chief executive Andy Parkinson has said Russia's ban from competition should continue because the country is turning a blind eye to claims of a doping cover-up.

will be allowed to compete at Pyeongchang 2018 until just a month before the Games begin.Speaking to TASS

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has admitted "only a few" athletes from the scandal-hit nation have returned Olympic medals they have been stripped of for doping to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

told Russian news agency TASS.Alexandra Brilliantova, the head of the ROC's legal department, told TASS

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has vowed that the number of doping samples collected from national athletes will double to around 6,000 this year.

collection of doping samples - last year over 3,000 samples were handled," he told the Russian news agency TASS

Global attention when an International Federation (IF) holds its World Championships is supposed to focus on the sporting action.

Alexander Kravtsov fired a stark warning to biathlon's worldwide governing body, telling news agency TASS

Olympic silver medallist Simon Schempp anchored Germany to mixed relay victory on the opening day of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships in Hochfilzen.

believe it was indecent behaviour in regard to the whole Russian team," Shipulin told Russian news agency TASS

Russia will lose the hosting rights for the 2021 International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships in Tyumen, insidethegames has learned.

Championships has already been criticised by the RBU.RBU President Alexander Kravtsov told Russian news agency TASS

Sweden defeated Russia 4-3 to win the men's World Bandy Championship title in front of their own fans at the Göransson Arena in Sandviken.

hoping to be included at either Beijing 2022 or the yet to be awarded 2026 Games in comments printed by TASS

Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) chief Andrei Strokin has claimed a final decision might be made on whether the country will be allowed to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang until just a month before the Games begin.

Speaking to TASS, the RPC secretary general said a request could be made to the International Paralympic

Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin’s second doping sample has produced "controversial results" according to a promoter - who said he was told the tests were "clean".

Andrei Ryabinsky, the director of World of Boxing, spoke to TASS after a laboratory in Lausanne

Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov believes the country will be able to recover from its doping crisis while claiming allegations of a state-sponsored system in the nation are groundless.

as Sports Minister last year following his promotion to Deputy Prime Minister, also told news agency TASS