Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has won his appeal against a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games issued by the International OIympic Committee (IOC) for his involvement in the state-sponsored doping scheme.
British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson has hailed the news that the country's four-man bobsleigh have been upgraded to the bronze medal at Sochi 2014 following the disqualification of Russia for doping but is angry it has taken so long to resolve.
The family of the late Steven Holcomb are set to receive two Olympic silver medals after the results of the two and four-man bobsleigh results from Sochi 2014 were officially amended and the United States moved up a position in both events, it was announced here today.
The Kremlin has repeated its insistence that the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were the "best ever", despite the doping scheme which corrupted the event in the Russian city.
Reasoned decisions outlining why the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned sanctions against Russian athletes banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be made public later this month.
Russia's former bobsledder Alexander Zubkov is obliged to return his two Olympic gold medals from Sochi 2014 after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling but told Russia's official state news agency TASS he will only do so if he receives a personal letter from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Alexander Zubkov is set to be re-elected President of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) tomorrow after his two challengers withdrew from the race after claiming the election was "illegal".
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has filed an appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to overturn the sanction given to Russian cross-country skier Alexander Legkov at the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov has confirmed he will not appeal the decision to strip him of the two Olympic gold medals he won at Sochi 2014 for his role in the country's doping scheme.
Russian cross-country skier Alexander Legkov's sanction for his role in the country's doping scheme was overturned as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) were unable to prove any of the "factual allegations" made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it was revealed today.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that Russian bobsledder Maxim Belugin was banned following the retesting of his samples from Sochi 2014.
Valery Morozov, who alleged corruption in connection with construction at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, has claimed he has been sent death threats.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed he had given orders for the shooting down of a passenger plane reportedly hijacked and heading towards the Sochi 2014 Winter Games Opening Ceremony with a bomb on board.
Court Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearings involving 39 of the 43 Russian athletes so far disqualified from the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014 and banned from all future Games are due to begin tomorrow in Geneva.
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.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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