Phygital soccer, phygital skateboarding, phygital racing and Standoff 2 + Laser Tag crowned their champions at the tournament's closing ceremony and put on a thrilling show. Athletes from 30 countries have made it to the podium in various competitions as part of the Games of the Future.

Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over the opening ceremony of the Future Games in the Russian city of Kazan, alongside recently sanctioned doping skater Kamila Valieva and former world gymnastics world champion Nikita Nagorny.

Latvia's parliament passed an amendment banning its national sports teams from competing against Russia and Belarus in a show of solidarity with Ukraine.

Sergei Naryshkin, the director of Russia's foreign intelligence service, accused the "West" through his press office of trying to disrupt upcoming international sporting events in Russia.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has issued a statement regarding the case of Russian athlete Kamila Valieva, confirming the disqualification imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As a result, the Russian athlete has lost her results, which have been annulled.

Russia's Kamila Valieva's four-year ban for a positive doping test has had a major global impact. The strongest reaction came from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), which said the decision showed that "war has been declared on Russian sport".

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has decided to impose a four-year ban on Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva from 25 December 2021. Valieva tested positive for doping at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been banned for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Valieva failed a doping test ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics

World Sailing issued a press release announcing its decision to authorise the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes, provided they compete as Independent Neutral Athletes, making them eligible to compete in the Last Chance Regatta scheduled for 20-27 April in Hyères, France.

On 24 January the Days of the Far East will be held at the International Exhibition Forum "Russia" at the VDNKh in Moscow, where the presentation of the first international winter sports games "Children of Primorye" and the flag relay of the games will take place.

With the registration period for the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar from 2-18 February 2024 now closed, the Russian athletes have decided not to take part, despite the option to do so as neutrals.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced the first neutral individual athletes who will compete under the Ad Hoc Rules, as well as the rules to be applied.

Only those who have completed a marathon know how difficult it is to run 42,195 metres, the legendary distance that inspired the Greek messenger Pheidippides when he ran from Marathon to Athens in 480 BC to bring news of a key event in the Battle of Marathon.

Russia, embroiled in a long-running dispute with the world's major sporting institutions, has just appointed three former athletes banned for doping, Yelena Lashmanova, Sergei Kirdyapkin and Olga Kanishkina, as coaches of the national team.

In an interview with BBC Ukraine, Ukraine's Minister of Youth and Sport, Matviy Bidnyi, said that the country may not take part in the Games if Russian athletes are allowed to compete in Paris, and announced that Ukraine would await the IOC's decision on the "arguments and appeals".