Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov has been awarded the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year honour for his book recalling how the former laboratory chief exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping regime.

Grigory Rodchenkov is to publish his autobiography this week, with the book expected to give unprecedented insight into the Russian doping scandal.

A study into Russian doping in athletics has analysed the difference in performance between athletes who have served doping bans and those who haven't, finding that clean athletes performed better in six out of 21 disciplines.

Russian journalists were on bullish form at the press conference which closed last week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting in Lausanne.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have given permission to shot put athlete Maksim Afonin and triple jumper Anna Krylova to compete as neutrals.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) have revealed that Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, who served a 15-month suspension for failing a drugs test, passed at least eight doping tests in 2017.

Russian racewalkers Sergey Sharypov and Yulia Turova have applied to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for the right to compete in international competitions as neutral athletes.

Moscow City Court has rejected an appeal from Grigory Rodchenkov's lawyers to have the whistleblower's arrest in absentia warrant rescinded after he was charged with trafficking dangerous substances.

I felt a sense of déjà vu yesterday when attending a pre-Pyeongchang 2018 press conference with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

It was a very different performance from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the weekend when they met to determine North Korean participation at next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, than when making a similar decision about Russia in December.

Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov will testify at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing of 42 Russians, who are appealing against Olympic bans, via video link.

The last 12 months in sports politics has perhaps not quite hit the heights of the year which preceded it, but it has contained plenty of excitement nonetheless. 

Cross-country skier Nikita Kryukov has claimed that Russian doping crisis whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov could attend the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) hearing into Russian athletes expected to take place early next year.

It has taken a real effort of will to break off from festive preparations to pore over more detailed decisions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Disciplinary Commission sitting in judgement on Russian athletes.

Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov says the Kremlin is keeping an eye on the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) upcoming decision on the country's athletes.