More than 200 individuals took part in the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus' (NOCRB) Athletes' Forum, which also featured Russian representation and provided views on both countries' status in international sport.

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) President Viktor Lukashenko has met with Russian Judo Federation counterpart Sergei Soloveichik to discuss the development of the sport in both countries.

As Thomas Bach fiddled with his headphones while Hans Natorp read out his statement you could see the frustration bubbling up inside him.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have refused to attend the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in person here in protest at the participation of delegations from Russia and Belarus, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Executive Council has confirmed that Russia and Belarus will be permitted to attend the General Assembly set to begin here tomorrow, having discussed the situation at its meeting today.

The Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK) has threatened to boycott the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly here if Russia and Belarus participate as expected.

Ukrainian and Nordic officials were silenced by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) when seeking to speak out against the permission of Russian and Belarusian delegates to the organisation’s Seminar here.

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) President Viktor Lukashenko has claimed to have observed "a slight warming at the international sporting level" of attitudes towards the country and its ally Russia.

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov claims there has been a "breakdown of the integrity of the Olympic Movement" but remains hopeful that his country will "triumphantly return to the world stage".

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Olympic Committee Athletes Commissions have held a joint meeting in Minsk.

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has claimed that the efforts of his organisation and the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) have been nullified by the exclusion of their athletes from the global stage but said they would work to continue to develop elite sport.

The head of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus' (NOCRB) Athletes' Commission and Beijing 2008 Olympic canoeing gold medallist Aliaksandr Bahdanovich has been elected as the new President of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA).

United States President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions against the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB), as the US seeks to punish the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, for his "ongoing assault against the democratic aspirations and human rights of the Belarusian people".

Belarus has appointed convicted drugs cheat Ivan Tsikhan as its team captain for the delayed Olympic Games here, where the country's controversial President Aleksandr Lukashenko warned its athletes would be the target of political pressure.