Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine claimed one gold medal each on the second and last day of competition at the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) World Cadet Championships in Novi Sad, but it was Russia who again stole the show by taking the other seven on offer.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has filed cases against four Russians, two of them Olympic gold medallists, with its Anti-Doping Hearing Panel (ADHP).
France narrowly lose to Olympic champions Russia in the opening game of the European Women's Handball Championships in front of a home crowd.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed that a "full technical mission" to gain access to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Laboratory in Moscow has been provisionally planned following meetings in the city but that "a number of outstanding points" need to be resolved before the mission can be confirmed.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials are hopeful a meeting held with Russian authorities at the Moscow Laboratory today will pave the way to the country granting access to the data and samples stored at the facility.
Goalball has been showcased to 4,000 people during a EuroLeague basketball match in Mytishchi in Russia.
Russia were the most decorated team at the final International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix of the year in Singapore, winning three gold medals over the course of the three-day event.
FIFA's willingness to investigate doping in Russian football has again been questioned after leaked documents showed an apparent attempt to stonewall a potential probe into the allegations by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren.
The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has paid over half of the outstanding fees owed to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in order to have its suspension lifted, IPC President Andrew Parsons has revealed.
Russia's Kateryna Lagno edged closer to a home triumph at the Women’s World Chess Championship after winning the second game of the final against China's Ju Wenjun to take a 1½-½ lead.
In many ways, it was fitting the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) held its biannual Foundation Board meeting in a country dubbed the "land of fire".
Russian skaters have taken the lead in three events after the first day of the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating leg in Moscow.
Access to the raw data in the Moscow Laboratory and increasing drugs testing are among the criteria the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) must meet if the governing body is to be reinstated as a full member of the International Biathlon Union, it was announced today.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has guaranteed "100 per cent" they will gain access to the data and samples stored at the Moscow Laboratory as he revealed a delegation will visit the facility later this month.
The Muzychuk sisters from Ukraine, Mariya and Anna, suffered differing fortunes in today’s quarter-final tiebreakers at the Women’s World Chess Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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