Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) President Vladimir Drachev is hopeful sanctions imposed on the country by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will not come into force before the World Championships in Italy in February.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general Olivier Niggli has admitted there is a "great polarisation of athlete views" following criticism from Victoria Aggar, who resigned from the organisation's Athlete Committee yesterday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed its verdict in the high-profile Sun Yang doping case has been delayed until mid-January at the earliest, because of translation issues during his hearing last month.

What if it had been Beckie Scott providing the athletes’ voice on the Compliance Review Committee (CRC) when it discussed how to punish Russia for manipulating the Moscow Laboratory data, rather than Penny Heyns?

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) executive director Andrew Ryan has claimed Governments need to play their part, while defending sport’s handling of the Russian doping crisis.

René Fasel, President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has moved swiftly to reassure Swiss ice hockey fans that Russia will take its place at next year’s World Championships.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decision to ban his country from competing under its own flag at the Olympic Games is against the Olympic Charter and will be challenged at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Russians will be allowed to continue competing in the International Swimming League (ISL), despite the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to ban the country.

Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov criticised the "illogical and excessive" punishment handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as the country's Sports Minister claimed the nation "did everything possible" to address the doping scandal.

The senior barrister who chairs the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) body which originally proposed that Russia’s presence and participation in international sport be severely curtailed for four years has expressed confidence that the decision would be upheld if referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov has questioned how any Russian athletes can prove they are "clean" after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigation found crucial data from the Moscow Laboratory had been deleted and manipulated.

Russia is on course to have its presence and participation in international sport severely curtailed for four years, after World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) leaders today endorsed the recommendations of the Agency’s Compliance Review Committee (CRC).

The credibility of the fight against drugs will be on the line in the Olympic capital tomorrow when members of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s ultimate policy-making body gather for a key meeting.

The Olympic Summit has "strongly condemned those responsible for the manipulation of the data from the Moscow Laboratory" before it was transferred in January this year - but again vowed to make sure that Russian athletes are allowed to compete at Tokyo 2020 and signalled it would not support a total ban on the country hosting major international events. 

Thomas Bach has confirmed it is mandatory for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe any sanctions against Russia handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at a crunch meeting next week.