The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach said on Monday that the IOC had decided to temporarily ban Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who also heads the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC), from participating in all events under the auspices of the IOC, including the Olympic Games

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) is ready to defend its interests to the end in the dispute between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the option of applying to the Federal Court of Switzerland is not ruled out if the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) would not suit the Russian side, ROC head Stanislav Pozdnyakov told Sputnik

The chairman of Russia's Skolkovo Foundation expressed hope on Tuesday that technologies developed jointly with Japan would help run the Summer Olympics in Tokyo safely next year