International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has cooled talk of the sport he leads being added to the Olympic programme, insisting the most important step at this moment in time is to get full recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for "every effort" to be made to have sambo recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the sport’s world governing body officially submitted its application.

Athletes who have therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) should be excluded from major events because it gives them an unfair advantage over the rest of the field, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed today.

Alexander Zhukov is set to lose his status as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after he revealed plans to step down as President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to concentrate on his work in the country's Parliament.

Russian athletes who won gold medals at the country’s competition which was held after their ban from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be awarded prize money of more than $61,800 (£47,400/€55,300), according to information posted on the official website of the Russian Government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has again blasted the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to ban his country from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, while his spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed it is illegal.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has again defended its position to ban Russia from the Paralympic Games here after the country’s President Vladimir Putin claimed it was based on "sheer suspicion".

Senior Norwegian International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Gerhard Heiberg is to be invited to sit on the new Russian anti-doping Commission, Vitaly Smirnov, the body’s head, has told insidethegames.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed they are not in a "position to sanction heads of state in any given country" after he was questioned as to why he has not criticised Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, who have denied they are responsible for state-sponsored doping. 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has had his integrity questioned by another leading German athlete as he arrived here for the start of Rio 2016.

Vitaly Mutko has failed in a last ditch attempt to have the Russian athletics ban from Rio 2016 lifted, with the county's outspoken Sports Minister also confirming he will not be attending the Olympic Games.

Eleven Russian judokas have been cleared to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by the sport’s worldwide governing body.

Dmity Peskov, press secretary of Vladimir Putin, has welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to not implement a blanket ban on Russian athletes at Rio 2016 but revealed the President has no plans to attend the Opening Ceremony.

Russia is "totally against" boycotting Rio 2016, the President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Alexander Zhukov has revealed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Olympic Movement "can once again be on the verge of splitting", following the release of Richard McLaren's independent report here today into alleged state-sponsored doping during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, as well as in competitions in summer sports.