Athletics Kenya chief executive Isaac Mwangi has been provisionally suspended for 180 days by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Board - ahead of an investigation into allegations he asked for money to reduce the doping bans of two athletes who failed drugs tests.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has warned that Kenya could be banned from competing at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should they be declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code.

The best swimmers in the world will face up to seven drugs tests ahead of August's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to reports.

Nikita Kamayev, the former executive director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), has died after suffering a heart attack.

A cooperation agreement between the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has officially been signed, it was announced today.

Enrique Gómez Bastida, director of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD), has stressed the importance of the bags of blood and plasma at the centre of the anti-doping case known as "Operation Puerto" being handed over to authorities.

Runner Marta Domínguez has been stripped of her status as a Spanish athlete less than three months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned her for three years for blood doping and removed her of the gold medal she won in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has signed a cooperation agreement with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), according to Natalia Zhelanova, an anti-doping adviser to Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

VTB Bank - the company at the centre of a major controversy involving the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - will continue as a sponsor of gymnastics in 2016, it has been announced today.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has claimed the organistation are fully committed to tackling doping in sport in Russia beyond just athletics following a letter sent by United States athletes.

Panasonic boss Kazuhiro Tsuga has been appointed as one of two new vice-presidents by Tokyo 2020 along with politician Tsutomu Tomioka, the State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Russia still has "much work" to do before it can have its ban lifted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), they have been warned. 

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says he "cannot imagine" the Rio 2016 Olympics taking place without his country's athletics team - because he wants to renew rivalries with the United States.

Michael Ashenden and Robin Parisotto, the scientists who claimed the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had failed to act upon suspicious blood samples, have each accepted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission's dismissal of their conclusions.

Tokyo's victory in the race for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games has been implicated in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) corruption scandal after it was suggested a sponsorship payment agreed between Japan and the the world governing body may have encouraged some International Olympic Committee members to vote for it rather than rival Istanbul.