"The goaltending is so good it doesn't even matter about the rest of the players,” said one of the 118 players we polled.

Russia were provisionally suspended by the IAAF in November last year after a doping scandal involving their athletes. Radcliffe, a marathon world champion in 2005, said it was nice to see the focus on performances. "If we look back to last week's world ...

World Athletics, suspended RusAF’s membership in November 2015, following a wave of anti-doping rules violations and formed a special mission on the issue MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/. The All-Russia Athletics Federation (RusAF) may be reinstated with the ...

The Russian Embassy in Kenya has announced that the country is planning to send a group of athletes to Kenya for high-altitude training in 2026. The move, coordinated by the Russian Athletics Federation, will see both professional and amateur athletes ...

Russia said Thursday it has withdrawn its world-beating team of race-walkers from all international competitions to avoid ''disgrace'' in the wake of a series of doping allegations. Head coach Viktor Chegin has also announced his retirement, Russian media ...

The deadline was set as July 1, otherwise Russian athletes would be denied permits for their neutral-status participation in international tournaments, according to the World Athletics Council ruling MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. The All-Russia Athletics ...