Russia, Winter Olympics and Belarus
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BBC Sport finds evidence raising questions over the neutral eligibility of four Russian athletes.
Russia has been banned from international gymnastics and curling events in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The International Gymnastics Federation says Russian and Belarusian athletes or officials will not be allowed to participate in sanctioned ...
Al Bari, 19, was at a training camp in Penza, Russia, when he fell awkwardly into a foam pit while training the high bar, according to Russian staff speaking to state media. He subsequently spent 12 days in intensive care before succumbing to his injury.
A lot happened this week. Russia hit a kindergarten in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where 48 children were sheltering. A Russian fighter jet violated Lithuanian airspace. And a former political candidate of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party ...
Nearly four years after Russia violated the Olympic truce by invading Ukraine just days after the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, the U.N. is urging all nations to observe the truce this time around. The plea was made at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday ...