Russia, under the name of the Soviet Union, was a founder member of European governing body Uefa.During its suspension from ...

If sports federations lift bans on Russian athletes competing in international events such as Olympic qualifiers, that could lead to boycotts by Ukraine. The International Judo Federation has ...

Russia’s sports minister condemned the ongoing ban. “We consider these politicised restrictions unacceptable, especially in the context of the recent speech by [International Olympic Committee ...

World University Games are set to begin in Germany on 16 July. According to the TASS news agency, Russian and Belarusian ...

At least six skaters competing in Boston this week previously represented Russia but switched nationalities following the country's sports ban in 2022. That includes ice dancers Gleb Smolkin and ...

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The Olympic committee banned the Russian team from competing in the Paris ... Russia has also been shut out of other international sports conferences, like the International Ice Hockey Federation ...

Alex Ovechkin won’t be in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Some individual Russian athletes will. This is how the IOC defines “politically neutral.” ...

The Balkan nation remains hopeful that international restrictions against Russian participants will soon be lifted, opposing ...

Russian Olympic swimmer Valeriia Salamatina was banned for two years for doping in a verdict announced by the International Testing Agency. Salamatina placed fifth with the Russian women in a ...

Matytsin said the lifting of the 2015 ban was a "clear vindication of the effectiveness of the system of combating doping in sports". "Russia has established a strict anti-doping system at all ...