How Many Will Return Home From Ukraine?

Young Russian men called up for compulsory military service take part in a ceremony at the Trinity cathedral in St Petersburg, before their departure for battle zones in Ukraine.   IMAGE: A......

Moscow court rejects plea to defend Stalin

A Moscow court has rejected a libel suit filed against a newspaper, by the grandson of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, to protect his grandfather's name. In his plea, Stalin's grandson Evgeny......

Ukraine's Mahuchikh defies odds to win high jump gold

IMAGE: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchik celebrates after winning the Women's High Jump. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images for World Athletics Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee......

Three Russians' samples positive for same banned substance: IWF

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on Friday that doping samples taken from three-time world weightlifting champion Nadezhda Evstyukhina and two other Russian weightlifters had......

Doping: Seven more Russian weightlifters banned

The announcement come days after the IWF said five other Russian weightlifters had been provisionally suspended. IMAGE: The World Anti-Doping Agency is in the process of analysing data retrieved......

Timeline of the Russia doping case

IMAGE: People gather outside the headquarters of the Olympic Committee of Russia in Moscow, Russia on November 28. WADA's executive committee banned Russia after it concluded that Moscow had......

Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani clinch gold

IMAGE: Shiva Thapa outpunched Kazakhstan's national champion and Asian bronze-winner Sanatali Toltayev. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Shiva Thapa (63kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) clinched gold medals,......