we must stop it, also the russians and the belarusians must be tested by the world anti-doping agency, they have not been tested for almost a year, it will take quite a long time even if they receive an approval signal , they will need another year from this moment, i do not think that now there are reasons to return the russians to the belarusians, given the current circumstances , the struggle on the biathlon tracks continues on march 2, when will the seventh stage of the world cup start in the czech republic? ilya iskra yuliya padzenko public sports already on february 22 , the slavic nieces will start the world championship there is another winter sport springboard jumping, the ukrainian national team will be represented by four athletes in the men's team : yevgen marusiak and vitaly kalinichenko, in the women's team: zhanna glukhova and tetyana pylypchuk. 16-year-old glukhova is a debutante of competitions of this level, but other ukrainians already have experience in world championships. record of ukraine and brought the ukrainian national team the first ever victory at the leve

the world anti—doping agency has referred the case of teenage figure skater kamila valieva to the courtwada have appealed. great britain's olympic gold medal—winning sailor eilidh mcintyre has announced her retirement from the sport. the 28—year—old won gold in the women's a70 event at the delayed tokyo 2020 games the head of an nhs service for gamblers says the opportunity to bet online. including on sport, has created a significant public health crisis and claims a new strategy is needed to help people who are addicted. it comes as the government is preparing to publish the biggest proposed changes in gambling laws since the advent of the smartphone almost 20 years ago. including some that could affect some of football's most lucrative sponsorship deals. our culture editor katie razall reports. at the beautiful game and gambling. it is in the stadiums. and the shirts. 0nline betting is now embedded in british culture. instant access to a casino thanks to the smartphone. fun exploitation, depends on who you are. = if smartphone. fun exploitation, depends on who you are. - if you ambled

england finish the group stage unbeaten and in great form going into the knockout stages the world anti—doping agency result only surfaced after she had won gold in the team event at the beijing winter olympics in february 2022. earlier this year the russian anti—doping agency found she bore "no fault or negligence" for a positive doping test. but wada have called the decision "wrong under the terms of the world anti—doping code" and have appealed. wales coach warren gatland says he's confident strike action from the players can be avoided — and that their match against england in the six nations will go ahead on saturday. the game remains in doubt with players threatening to strike in a dispute with welsh rugby bosses over contracts. gatland has delayed the team announcement until thursday and the wru have insisted it is working on a deal with the four regions ahead of wednesday's deadline to resolve the player demands. i think the uncertainty, a lot of meetings going on and in terms of coming back on thursday, it will be confident that the discussions that are taking place that will get resolved to

the world anti—doping agency is seeking a four—year ban for teenage figure skater kamila valieva andd have appealed. warren gatland has confirmed a training session for this afternoon has been cancelled this afternoon so his wales players can focus on contract negotiations. wales are due to play england at the principality on saturday in the six nations, but that match remains in doubt because of a dispute between the players and the wru over contract terms. gatland has delayed the team announcement until thursday and the wru have insisted it is working on a deal with the four regions ahead of wednesday's deadline to resolve the player demands. i think with the uncertainty of what was happening, there's been a lot of meetings and things going on, so i wanted to make sure we got clarity. the boys have a day off tomorrow then come back on thursday and we'll announce a team. i'm confident with the discussions that are taking place that something will be resolved today. it's been a challenge to the players. in fairness, this morning, they put their training heads on and trained well, we