LAUSANNE: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Thursday said it was “regrettable” that many European countries had criticized a move to reintroduce Russian and Belarusian athletes to world sports competitions. “It’s sad to see that some countries don’t want to respect the majority in the Olympics, or the independence of the games,” said Bach...
LAUSANNE: The leaders of the Olympics on Tuesday recommended the return to the competition of the Russian and Belarusian athletes as individuals, but refused to put a time on the possibility that they could participate in next year. Olympics in Paris. According to the president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, the governing body of the...
PARIS: International sports organizations are taking different steps in allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams to compete during the internal war. Ukraine continued. With the Olympics in Paris less than 500 days away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to continue its ban on “the flag, anthem, colors or any other symbol” from the...
PARIS: The World Games on Thursday lifted the ban on Russia sports federations and stadiums for state-sponsored doping while still barring its athletes from competition as Moscow’s crackdown on Ukraine continues. The Russian federation (RusAF) was banned in 2015 after a damning report by the World Anti-Doping Agency revealed “a deep culture of doping”. For...
Indian Wells: Russia’s attacks on Ukraine continue to stir up tension in the tennis world, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said Friday that it is not only Ukrainian players who feel the pain. “The truth is that there is a lot of tension between us,” said Australian Open champion Sabalenka after beating Maria Sakkari to reach...
LAUSANNE: The International Fencing Federation (FIE) decided on Friday to allow it Russia and Belarusian athletes to compete in Olympic qualifying games, showing anger in Ukraine. Fencing became the first Olympic sport to be re-opened to competitors from both countries, a year after they were expelled due to the war in Ukraine. After the decision...
LONDON: British tennis officials are set to drop their ban on Russian and Belarusian players competing earlier this year. Wimbledon championship, it was reported on Friday. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the British Government’s decision to regulate the Lawn Tennis Association came down. (LTA) of the United Kingdom. The Russian and Belarusian players...
VILNIUS: A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will request the ban of Russian and Belarusian players from the game. 2024 Olympicssaid the Lithuanian sports minister on Friday, deepening uncertainty over the Paris Games. The action raised the pressure of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which aims to avoid the...
Russian, Chinese, and Pakistani interests are all directly linked to N-CPEC+ Pakistan’s unique position at the crossroads of East, South, West, and Central Asia enables it to act as a “Cup of Eurasia”, as I wrote over half a decade ago in September 2015 for the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies. I built on this...