Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia since 2000, is 70 today, October 7. Glimpses from the life of Russia's current tsar: IMAGE: Putin and his then wife Lyudmila at the Taj Mahal, October......
IMAGE: International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Umar Kremlev attends a news conference ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Photograph: Denis......
IMAGE: Locals enjoy a game of chess in central Yekaterinburg, Russia. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina Chess governing body FIDE's general assembly agreed to consider lifting parts of a ban on......
The IOC last year stripped the IBA of its status as boxing's governing body over governance issues, and took charge of the Paris 2024 boxing competition itself, but now finds itself at the centre......
The two boxers had failed gender tests at World Championships in New Delhi last year. The World Championships were organised by the IBA, which is no longer a federation recognised by the IOC.......
IMAGE: Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee in action during the 2022 Beijing Olympics women's singles Figure Skating at Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, February 15, 2022. Photograph:......