2016 Olympics: Russia escape blanket ban, but IOC bars whistle-blower from Rio Games
The IOC has been under huge pressure to throw Russia out of the Games after a second WADA-funded investigation found proof of a doping programme directed by the Russian state.
Jul 24, 2016, 20:09 PM IST
Olympic champion Anna Chicherova becomes latest Russian athlete to get ban
Chicherova was among a batch of Russians snared from fresh tests on samples taken from the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Jul 01, 2016, 23:18 PM IST
Rio Games: Russia faces ban from Olympic weightlifting over doping offences
The IWF executive announced this month that 20 suspicious cases had been found in retests of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics in Beijing and London.
Jun 23, 2016, 11:21 AM IST
IAAF upholds ban on Russian athletes ahead of 2016 Rio Olympics: Reports
The initial ban came after a report by an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed widespread state-sponsored doping.
Jun 17, 2016, 20:50 PM IST
Russia in last-ditch plea to IAAF over 2016 Rio athletes ban
Coe, himself the target of allegations that he enlisted the help of the fugitive son of disgraced predecessor Lamine Diack to secure his election last year, is to give a press conference at the Grand Hotel Wien at 1500 GMT.
Jun 17, 2016, 20:15 PM IST
Russian race walkers Kaniskina, Kirdyapkin stripped of 2012 Olympic medals
The IAAF appealed on six cases where they said RUSADA had been "selective" in annulling previous results.
Mar 24, 2016, 17:05 PM IST
Yelena Isinbayeva's anticipated return on hold due to leg injury
Two-time Olympic champion took a break after winning the 2013 world championships.
Feb 06, 2016, 23:49 PM IST
Corruption `embedded` in world athletics: WADA
Former leader Lamine Diack faces criminal charges in France over allegations that he took more than one million euros ($1.1 million) in bribes from Russian athletes and officials to cover up failed drug tests.
Jan 14, 2016, 22:39 PM IST
Russia doping: WADA commission starts its work in Moscow
The IAAF suspended Russia last month after a bombshell report published by a WADA independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping.
Dec 10, 2015, 20:30 PM IST
No regrets on exposing Russia doping: Whistleblowers
Yulia Stepanova and her husband Vitaly secretly recorded Russian coaches and athletes describing how they used performance-enhancing drugs.
Russian athletics federation accepts IAAF ban
Russian athletics federation has accepted the blanket ban from international competition imposed by IAAF.
Nov 26, 2015, 22:32 PM IST
WADA suspend 'non-compliant' Russian Anti-Doping Agency
Russian athletics received another jolt with the World Anti-Doping Agency suspending RUSADA.
Nov 19, 2015, 06:36 AM IST
Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva writes open letter to IAAF, pleads not to ban honest Russian athletes
In an open letter, Yelena Isinbayeva pleads IAAF not to ban Russia.
Nov 13, 2015, 23:14 PM IST
