Russian, Belarusian athletes not part of Paris Olympics opening ceremony
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Olympic chiefs announced on Tuesday, March 19, that Russian and Belarusian athletes ...
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Russia rules out Paris Olympic Games boycott
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia's sports minister on Wednesday, March 14, said Moscow should not boycott the ...
Russia, Belarus denied entry to Olympic men’s basketball qualifying
PARIS (AFP) – The Russia and Belarus men's basketball teams have been banned from the second-chance qualification tournaments for the ...
Russia’s sporting freeze grows over Ukraine invasion
Russia's Daniil Medvedev (AFP) PARIS (AFP) – Russia continued to pay a heavy sporting price for its invasion of Ukraine ...
World Taekwondo revokes Putin’s honorary black belt
Russian President Vladimir Putin (AFP file) HONG KONG (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin had his honorary black belt in ...