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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 agoBach says ‘only 10 countries’ can stage Winter Olympics
Only 10 countries are now capable of staging an Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games under existing criteria due to climate change,...
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/ 3 years agoRussian Olympic Committee suspended by IOC over Ukraine move
The International Olympic Committee said Thursday it had suspended Russia’s national Olympic body with “immediate effect” for violating the territorial integrity...
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/ 3 years agoSapporo gives up 2030 Winter Games bid: Japan Olympic boss
Sapporo has given up its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee said on Wednesday,...
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/ 3 years agoPhilippines seeks to send Pacquiao to Paris Olympics
The Philippines has made a “special request” to the International Olympic Committee to let Manny Pacquiao box at the Paris Games...
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/ 3 years agoCricket proposed for inclusion in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Cricket could feature in the Olympics for the first time since 1900 after organisers of the 2028 Los Angeles Games on...
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/ 3 years agoEmbiid to play for USA at Paris Olympics: reports
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid has pledged to play for the United States at next year’s Paris Olympics, multiple...
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Basketball
/ 3 years agoDurant among NBA stars ready to play for USA at Paris Olympics
Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Stephen Curry were among the NBA superstars who said on Monday they were interested in playing...
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/ 3 years agoSquash desperate to end ‘very weird’ Olympic exile in 2028
Squash has never been in the Olympics despite decades of trying, but players and officials hope that the 150-year-old sport will...
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/ 3 years agoFrance hijab ban ‘against Olympic spirit’: Islamic sports body
A group of sports federations from Muslim-majority countries said on Monday that France’s move to bar its Olympic athletes from wearing...
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/ 3 years agoRussian Paralympians to compete under neutral flag at Paris 2024 after vote
Russian athletes will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag at the Paris Paralympics in 2024 after officials voted against...
