An investigation has been launched in Russia after a host of athletes withdrew from a biathlon event following the arrival of doping control officers.

Russian athletes have been more rigorously tested than the vast majority of their competitors around the world during coronavirus lockdowns, according to the acting director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Mikhail Bukhanov.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has insisted it has no jurisdiction over the Moscow Laboratory data that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has charged it with investigating.

A new Supervisory Board has been appointed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) at the organisation’s general meeting.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has set a deadline of March 31 for officials to apply for the position of director general as the organisation begins its search to find the successor to Yuri Ganus.

The long-awaited Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearings in the case between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) are set to begin in Lausanne tomorrow.

Mikhail Bukhanov, acting director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), has contradicted the view of his predecessor, Yuri Ganus, that there is "no chance" of winning next week's appeal against World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions.

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin insists he is "not backing down" from setting his country’s Tokyo 2020 hopefuls the "ambitious" goal of finishing in the top three of the medals table - despite the prospect of having to field a neutral team.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has cleared biathlete Alexey Slepov in a whereabouts failures case after he proved he missed a third drugs test in 12 months because he was in hospital.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is set to begin the process of selecting a new director general in December following the dismissal of Yuri Ganus in August.

Teenager Tatiana Guzun has been disqualified for two years by the Russian Judo Federation after violating anti-doping rules.

Norway’s Rune Andersen has become the latest official to express concern over the control the Russian Olympic and Paralympic Committees have over the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

Yuri Ganus warned the Russian Olympic and Paralympic Committees the hard work of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) could be "undone by a single decision" prior to the two bodies voting in favour of his sacking as the organisation’s director general last week.

The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) is "deeply concerned" by the control that the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) exercise over the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), following their decision to remove Yuri Ganus as the organisation’s director general yesterday.

Yuri Ganus has been sacked as Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general after a recommendation was approved by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).