Russia booked their place in the semi-finals of the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship after maintaining their winning run in Japan.

Turkey picked up their first points of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Partially Sighted Football World Championship by stunning Russia. 

Defending champions Ukraine thrashed Russia to record their second victory at the International Blind Sports Federation Partially Sighted Football World Championship in Turkey.

Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov criticised the "illogical and excessive" punishment handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as the country's Sports Minister claimed the nation "did everything possible" to address the doping scandal.

The senior barrister who chairs the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) body which originally proposed that Russia’s presence and participation in international sport be severely curtailed for four years has expressed confidence that the decision would be upheld if referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov has questioned how any Russian athletes can prove they are "clean" after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigation found crucial data from the Moscow Laboratory had been deleted and manipulated.

Russia is on course to have its presence and participation in international sport severely curtailed for four years, after World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) leaders today endorsed the recommendations of the Agency’s Compliance Review Committee (CRC).

Kliment Kolesnikov was the shining light as Russia claimed six gold medals on the last day of the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow to comfortably finish at the summit of the standings.

Hosts Canada and the United States are set to contest the Para Hockey Cup final after coming through their last-four matches in Newfoundland today.

Thomas Bach has confirmed it is mandatory for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe any sanctions against Russia handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at a crunch meeting next week.

Vladimir Putin was among those to mark the 10th anniversary of the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU).

Russia's doping crisis, the sports programme for the 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games and the Tokyo 2020 marathon course are among the topics on the agenda for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting here this week. 

Russian freestyle wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev has been suspended for four months after failing to adhere to a ban on wearing non-national team outfits during an award ceremony at this year's World Championships.

Russia topped the medal table with six golds as the International Federation of Fitness and Bodybuilding (IFBB) World Fitness Championships came to a conclusion here. 

Japan clinched both team synchronised titles to continue their superb performance at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo.