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Russian athletes ruled out of European Indoor Athletics Championships Thursday, 25 February 2021 The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has confirmed its athletes will not participate at next month's European Indoor Championships in Poland as its restoration plan will not be finished in time for the event. There had been hope that World Athletics may restore the Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) scheme, which allows Russian competitors who meet certain criteria to take part at elite events, prior to the Championships beginning on March 5. But World Athletics has said it will not consider t...

Peter Ivanov has been forced to resign as President of the Russian Athletics Federation after less than three months in the role because of the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision in the country's dispute with the World Anti-Doping Agency .

Russia are set to be allowed to play at the next World Cup as a ‘neutral’ team wearing a red kit and carrying the country’s name on their shirts — despite being banned. On Thursday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cut Russia’s ban from all major sporting events for doping offences from four years to two, a ruling described as ‘nonsensical’ and ‘devastating’ by anti-doping critics. The suspension still prevents the country from competing at next summer’s rearranged Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar under their own n...