Fredericks steps aside from Taskforce following allegations made against him in French newspaper Le Monde International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes' Commission chairperson Rozle Prezelj has been appointed by IAAF president Sebastian Coe to replace IAAF Council Member Frank Fredericks on the IAAF Taskforce....

IAAF Taskforce says the Russian athletics federation has still not met required reinstatement conditions, though athletes can continue to apply to compete neutrally in international competitions Russia is not likely to have a team at the London 2017 IAAF World Championships in August after an International Association of Athletics Fed...

IOC announces that reanalysis of Krivoshapka's London 2012 samples resulted in a positive test for banned substance turinabol The Russian women's 4x400m relay team are to lose the silver medals they claimed at the London 2012 Olympic Games after team member Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive for a banned substance following sample re...

St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi could be candidate cities for a bid, according to reports Despite the nation's track and field athletes currently being banned from international competition and the doping scandal to have engulfed the country, Russia is said to be considering a bid for the Olympic Games in 2028. According to the ...

The Russian athletics federation (RusAF) remains suspended as an IAAF Member, with athletes still unable to represent Russia in international competition The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has submitted updated guidelines to the Russian athletics federation (RUSaF) for athletes wishing to apply to compete inter...

IAAF Taskforce says further progress has been made but the Russian athletics federation has not yet met the required reinstatement conditions to allow the country's athletes to return to international competition The Russian athletics federation (RusAF) has so far failed to meet the required conditions to allow it to be reinstated as...

Elmira Alembekova, Mikhail Ryzhov, Ivan Noskov, Denis Strelkov and Vera Sokolova tested positive for EPO in June 2015 Five Russian race walkers have each been banned for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Elmira Alembekova, Mikhail Ryzhov, Ivan Noskov, Denis Strelkov and Vera Sokolova all tested positive for...

Three-time winner of the Channel Island marathon, Aleksey Troshkin, was ineligible to compete due to IAAF sanctions placed on Russia The winner of the 2016 Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon will be disqualified for being ineligible to compete. The race on October 2 was won by Russian Aleksey Troshkin in a time of 2:18:28 - the third...

The two-time world gold medallist tested positive for a banned substance following reanalysis of her samples from the 2012 Olympics Tatyana Lysenko is to lose her London 2012 hammer gold medal after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed her disqualification from the event following sample reanalysis. The IOC announced...

The British Paralympic head coach has called on her athletes to make the most of Russia's ban and seize the medal podium Russia's absence from the 2016 Paralympics should be viewed as an opportunity for British athletes to bolster what they hope will end up being a record-breaking number of medals in Rio, according to head coach Paula D...

Russian sprinter formed part of the 2008 Olympic 4x400m team which has since been stripped of silver Tatyana Firova has had her results from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games disqualified after reanalysis of the Russian sprinter's samples from the event resulted in a positive test for banned substances. The 33-year-old formed part of...

Russia's two-time Olympic pole vault champion has confirmed that her competitive athletics career has come to an end Yelena Isinbayeva has decided to retire from competitive athletics. The two-time Olympic pole vault champion announced her decision at a press conference in Rio on Friday. Her announcement comes the day after she w...