Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov has indicated he will step down after six years in the role. “To further strengthen the Olympic movement in Russia, there are now timely ...

President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov speaks during the annual meeting of Russian Olympic Committee members in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021.

Newly elected leader of the International Olympic Committee Kirsty Coventry speaks in Costa Navarino, western Greece, March 20. Russia is pushing for a full-fledged return to the Games.

The group said it would take legal action over the ban on its athletes from the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics ...

In November, Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev was elected president of the country’s Olympic committee and began talking more aggressively about getting Russia back into the Olympics.

“The Russian Olympic Committee, Russian government and Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee guarantee there will be no discrimination of sportsmen, officials, supporters and journalists on race ...

In an article from Sammi Silber of The Hockey News, he shares that the International Olympic Committee will officially bar the Russian Federation from participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics. It ...

The International Olympic Committee allowed some athletes from Russia − and Belarus, which has faced similar bans − to compete as neutrals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but only if they met a ...

The president of the suspended Russian Olympic Committee said Tuesday he plans to step down after six years in charge. Stanislav Pozdnyakov's statement comes just over two months after a ...

The president of the suspended Russian Olympic Committee said Tuesday he plans to step down after six years in charge. Stanislav Pozdnyakov’s statement comes just over two months after a ...