Olympic gold medallist Ilya Kovalchuk will join the Russian men's national ice hockey team as general manager at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Tributes have been paid to former world luge champion and Olympic silver medallist Sergey Danilin of Russia after his death at the age of 61.

Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed a record tenth title at the Men’s European Sitting Volleyball Championship in Kemer, Turkey.

Replays of the 2019 finals are in store at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships, as defending champions Russia and the respective runners-up two years ago reached the men's and women's gold-medal matches.

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin is poised to hold a meeting with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka in Paris as part of the International Convention against Doping in Sport.

Russian triathlete Igor Polyanskiy has been suspended for three years by World Triathlon after doping just days before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Defending champions Russia made no mistake in either the men's or women's quarter-finals at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships.

Maria Vadeeva, the captain of Russia's women's basketball team, has been appointed as an ambassador of the Yekaterinburg 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games.

Russian volleyball player Dmitriy Muserskiy has been banned for nine months after admitting a doping violation dating back to 2013, but Russia will not be stripped of any titles the athlete helped win.

Defending champions Russia progressed to a round of 16 tie against Italy without dropping a set as they finished their Group D campaign with a third successive straight sets win against Slovenia at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships at the Antalya Sports Hall in Kemer.

Japan won three gold medals on the final day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Paris Grand Slam to solidify its place atop the overall standings at the AccorHotels Arena.

Russia continued their domination on day two of the World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece, as they won four more gold medals.

Two-time defending champions in the men's and women's events, the Russian Sitting Volleyball Team aims to take a historic double-treble in the European Sitting Volleyball Championships in Turkey.

Russia’s Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said his Government department is "ready to assist" the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in its efforts to be re-instated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).