Russia is excluded from team events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But a handful of Russian athletes will compete as "Individual ...

More than four out of 10 people consider themselves soccer fans, making the game the world’s most popular sport. In a Nielsen ... of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The report shows soccer ...

Before addressing the particulars and longer-term implications, let’s get one thing straight: Russia’s disappearance from the most popular global ... of Olympic sports is a repudiation of ...

Russian sport has faced a myriad of crises in recent ... where he was tapped by Putin to replace popular governor Sergei Furgal after his controversial removal. In 2022, he said he would gladly ...

Putin was hosting the first ever World Cup in Russia. “In our country football is not just the most popular sport,” he told a packed Luzhniki Stadium at the opening match. “Russians love ...

Most Olympic sports have suspended athletes from Russia and Belarus since the invasion of Ukraine began in February, following a recommendation from the International Olympic Committee.

Since its invasion of Ukraine at the end of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Russia has been largely sidelined from the world of international sports, with prominent international federations moving to ...

In written comments to CNN Sport, Rodchenkov said: “The Russian flag and anthems have ... will make it to one of the Games’ most popular spectacles – athletics, also known as track and ...

Russia has also been shut out of other international sports conferences, like the International Ice Hockey Federation, since they invaded Ukraine in February 2022. These moves have blocked key ...

the largest of Russia’s military-affiliated clubs. And those not directly funded by the armed forces have also come under scrutiny, including popular sports stars and medal winners who have been ...

Before addressing the particulars and longer-term implications, let’s get one thing straight: Russia’s disappearance from the most popular global event should be seen as a humiliating defeat ...