The 2026 FIFA World Cup will feature 48 teams and historic firsts, but one familiar name is missing from the field. Russia's ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — FIFA drug testers arrived unannounced Thursday to collect samples from Russian soccer team FC Rostov amid suspicions of meldonium use during its surprise pursuit of the league title ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia remains barred from international soccer competitions including the Champions League after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected appeals by the national ...

As the World Cup has begun, the Russian national team, suspended from all official competitions for more than four years, is ...

GENEVA (AP) — The ban on Russian soccer teams from European competition has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The urgent CAS ruling is an interim judgment pending a full appeal ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the second-consecutive edition of the men’s tournament without Russia on the pitch. Still, FIFA president Gianni Infantino is pushing for the nation’s reintroduction to ...

MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/. Russia’s team has defeated Iran 3-2 in the final match of the continental Beach Soccer Cup held in Dubai. Boris Nikonorov made a hat-trick for the Russian team, while ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The world of sport appears to be softening the hardline stance it took when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russian athletes are back competing under their own flag at the ...

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FIFA doping testers have turned up unannounced to test an entire leading Russian soccer team amid suspicions of meldonium use. FIFA medical chief Jiri Dvorak told The Associated Press that the Rostov ...