Putin says attacks on Mutko made it impossible to sack him

IMAGE: Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Files/Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday it had been impossible to sack Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko,......

IAAF to Russia: Rio athletics ban will stand

IMAGE: Ksenyia Ryzhova of Russia, second right, looks on with team-mates after competing in the women's 4x100 metres relay. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly......

Russia says weightlifting ban is a 'psychotic episode'

IMAGE: Timur Naniev of Russia reacts to a lift in the men's 105kg weight class . Photograph: Scott Halleran/Getty Images. Russian Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko said a decision by the International......

Russia says doping whistleblower competing at Rio would be 'absurd'

IMAGE: Sportsmen train at a local stadium in the southern city of Stavropol, Russia. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters . It would be 'absurd' if Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova was......

Russian athletes to participate in events in Turkey, claims news agency

Russian athletes will participate in tournaments organised in Turkey, with maximum security ensured, RIA news agency cited sports minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Sunday. Russia introduced a raft......