Global Sports Investigations (GSI) has been appointed to run the International Biathlon Union's (IBU) independent ethics office and its whistleblower hotline, it was announced today.

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) needs to pay a debt of around €60,000 (£51,500/$67,000) to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) in order to regain full membership rights, the RBU’s first vice-president Alexei Nuzhdov has reportedly said.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is taking its own Disciplinary Committee to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after it decided not to punish an athletics coach for trying to bribe an anti-doping official.

Four-time Olympian Lowell Bailey has been named as US Biathlon’s high-performance director.

Sweden’s Hanna Öberg won the season-ending women’s mass start race at the International Biathlon Union World Cup as Italy’s Dorothea Wierer was crowned as the overall champion.

Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina recorded her second straight victory as she won the women's pursuit to boost her chances of securing the overall International Biathlon Union World Cup title in Oslo.

More than 133 million live hours of action from the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships in Östersund were viewed on free-to-air television across Europe, according to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Norwegian star Johannes Thingnes Bø today secured a record-equalling 14th victory of the season as he won the men's 10 kilometres sprint at the International Biathlon Union World Cup in Oslo.

Recently-crowned world champion Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia secured the sprint crystal globe and moved into fourth in the race for the overall title with victory on the opening day of the International Biathlon Union World Cup season finale in Oslo.

A group of seven athletes could still mathematically win the women’s overall title going into the last International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup of the season in Holmenkollen in Oslo.

Italy celebrated double gold in mass start competitions as the International Biathlon Union World Championships concluded in Östersund.

Norway completed a clean sweep of relay events at the International Biathlon Union World Championships as Marte Olsbu Røiseland and then Johannes Thingnes Bø brought home gold in the women’s and men’s races.

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø and Marte Olsbu Røiseland teamed up today in Östersund in Sweden to take the first single mixed relay title raced at the International Biathlon Union World Championships.

Germany's Arnd Peiffer shot clean on his way to winning the men’s 20 kilometres individual gold medal at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships in Östersund.