The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has suspended Russian weightlifters from participating in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The reason for this verdict was numerous cases of violation of anti-doping rules. “The reputation of weightlifting as a sport has been seriously damaged many times and on many levels by the actions of...

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, the highest paid athlete in the world according to Forbes, admitted at a specially convened press conference that she had failed a doping test during the Australian Open in January. Now Sharapova is likely to miss the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as the deadline ...

Former executive director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency Nikita Kamaev, who retired due to the scandal with Russian athletes, died suddenly at the age of 50. As reported, the cause of death of Kamaev, presumably, was a heart attack. Just ten days earlier, the chairman of the executive board passed away ...