A full decision published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) explaining their move to disqualify Alexander Zubkov from Sochi 2014 and strip him of the two gold medals he won there has listed "numerous elements" supposedly proving the Russian's involvement in doping.

Twenty-two Russian appeals have been lodged at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retrospectively disqualifying athletes from Sochi 2014 for doping, it has been confirmed.

If ever there was an image to highlight the current farcical situation the world of sport finds itself in, Alexander Zubkov being pictured at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Whistler yesterday provided it.

Double Sochi 2014 champion Alexander Zubkov has been stripped of his bobsleigh gold medals and banned from the Olympic Games for life after he was among the four latest Russian athletes to be sanctioned by the Oswald Commission. 

Two Sochi 2014 biathlon medallists will be the latest to appear in front of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Disciplinary Commission hearing tomorrow to begin another busy week of anti-doping investigations.

Double Sochi 2014 gold medallist Alexander Zubkov is among Russian athletes to have attended International Olympic Committee (IOC) Disciplinary Commission hearings here today.

Russian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (RBSF) President Alexander Zubkov has announced the appointment of Danil Chaban as head coach.

Olympic champion Alexander Tretiakov has reportedly had his provisional suspension from skeleton competition confirmed by the Russian Bobsleigh Federation, alongside Elena Nikitina, Olga Potylitsina and Maria Orlova.

Russian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (RBSF) President Alexander Zubkov has given a "100 per cent guarantee" that the country will not boycott the 2017 World Championships after Sochi was stripped of the event by the sport’s worldwide governing body.

Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov has dismissed suggestions next year’s World Championships should be moved from Sochi after Belgium’s Kim Meylemans followed Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold in threatening to boycott the event if it is not switched to an alternative venue following allegations of state-sponsored doping.

International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) President Ivo Ferriani insists he is paying little attention to accusations that Russian Federation of Bobsleigh (RBF) head Alexander Zubkov was involved in a doping scheme at Sochi 2014, claiming he only listens to "facts" and that the two-time Olympic champion should be treated as innocent until proven guilty. 

A double Olympic gold medallist who allegedly doped at Sochi 2014 was today elected as the new President of the Russian Federation of Bobsleigh (RBF).