LONDON -- Calling it a wake-up call for a sport in a "shameful" position, IAAF president Sebastian Coe said Russia will be banned from next year's Olympics unless it convinces the world it has cleaned ...

VIENNA -- Russia's track and field athletes will be banned from competing for their country at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after a landmark decision Friday that punished the sports powerhouse for a ...

LONDON -- The IOC threw its support behind the decision to ban Russia's track and field team from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and said Saturday it will take "further far-reaching measures" to crack ...

Russia has lost its appeal against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday rejected the appeal by 68 Russian track and field athletes seeking to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU women’s track and field program is signing javelin thrower Alexandra Litvinova, Head Coach Dennis Shaver announced on Thursday. A Saint Petersburg, Russia, native, Litvinova ...

Russia's track and field athletes will miss the Rio Olympics after the sport's governing body — the International Association of Athletics Federations — opted to uphold a ban on Friday. The team was ...

LONDON (AP) Russia's track and field federation was suspended from international competition on Friday, leaving it in danger of missing next year's Olympics in Brazil unless the country cleans up its ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -- An appeals court is set to rule on the ban imposed on Russia's track and field athletes for next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Court of Arbitration for Sport is ...

LONDON (AP) Expressing dismay at new allegations involving Russia, the World Anti-Doping Agency said Monday there is still ''much, much work'' to be done for the country to clean up its drug-testing ...

— -- Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision that could add pressure on the International Olympic Committee to exclude the country ...