Russian ice skating queen Evgenia Medvedeva leads an all-star cast at this week's European championships which carry special significance with the Olympics barely more than a triple axel away.
The Pyeongchang Games start in just over three weeks and two-time world champion Medvedeva will be out to press home her claims on the women's Olympic title that has been leftRead more
Russian bobsledder Alexey Voevoda has been given a life ban from the Olympics for anti-doping violations at the Sochi Games where he won two gold medals, the International Olympic Committee IOC) said on Monday.
The decision comes two weeks after the IOC banned Russia from next year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics for what it called “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system.
The IOC, however,Read more
Weeks after his name emerged in damaging doping allegations two-time Olympic champion Alexander Zubkov has been elected president of Russia's troubled bobsleigh federation, local media reported on Thursday.
The former head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory alleged last month that Zubkov, 41, was among those involved in an elaborate doping cover-up scheme during the Sochi Games in 2014.
Zubkov has rejectedRead more