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Paralympic bosses approve venue plan for 2030 Games
Paralympic bosses on Friday approved the venue masterplan for the 2030 Winter Games scheduled to be held in the French Alps.
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/ 3 years agoDon’t tell women what to wear, UN says after France bans hijab at Olympics
The UN stressed on Tuesday it was opposed to most dress codes for women, after France barred its Olympic athletes from...
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/ 3 years agoOlympic champion Jacobs splits with coach ahead of Paris Games
Marcell Jacobs has split with the coach who guided him to his stunning 100 metres Olympic triumph, the Italian sprinter has...
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/ 3 years agoRussia says will not boycott 2024 Paris Olympics
Russia’s Olympic Committee has said Moscow would not be boycotting the 2024 Olympics in Paris and every Russian athlete was free...
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/ 3 years agoIOC urged to ban Iran for discriminating against women in sport
A group including former Franco-Iranian boxing world champion Mahyar Monshipour and Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has asked the...
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/ 3 years agoNew Zealand crush Fiji in Oceania Olympic qualifying final
Striker Riley Bidois scored five goals as New Zealand swept aside Fiji 9-0 in the final of men’s Oceania Olympic qualifying...
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/ 3 years agoOlympic chief Bach ‘confident’ for Seine swimming at 2024 Games
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday he was “confident” and “optimistic” swimming events in Paris’s Seine River will go ahead at...
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/ 3 years agoRussian Olympic chief accuses IOC of siding with Ukraine
The head of Russia’s Olympic Committee on Friday accused the International Olympic Committee of picking sides after it urged sports federations...
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/ 3 years agoIOC urges sports to handle Ukraine athletes with ‘sensitivity’
The International Olympic Committee urged sports federations to show sensitivity when handling contests between Ukrainian athletes and Russians competing as neutrals,...
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/ 3 years agoRussia and Belarus omitted from Paris Olympics invitees
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday formally invited 203 countries, but not Russia and Belarus, to participate in the...
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/ 3 years agoFrance ready for Olympics despite ‘challenge’: Macron
France will “for sure” be ready to host the 2024 Olympic Games despite the numerous organisational challenges of hosting the event,...
