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Paralympic Games
/ 3 years agoUkrainian athletes dig deep on day one of Winter Paralympics
Ukrainian athletes showed resilience in the face of the turmoil engulfing their war-torn homeland Saturday, racing to the top of the...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoPole vault legend Bubka says ‘Ukraine will win’ war
Former Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Sergey Bubka insisted Friday “Ukraine will win” the war against the Russian...
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Paralympic Games
/ 3 years agoWatch: Beijing Winter Paralympics open after athlete ban controversy
Athletes paraded through Beijing’s national stadium as the Winter Paralympics opened Friday after a storm of controversy that surrounded the banning...
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Paralympic Games
/ 3 years agoBeijing Paralympics to open in storm of controversy over Ukraine invasion
Tensions in the athlete villages, threats of competition boycotts and an eleventh-hour reversal to ban Russian athletes have marred the lead-up...
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Paralympic Games
/ 3 years agoRussian, Belarusian athletes banned from Winter Paralympics
Russian and Belarusian athletes were on Thursday banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics over the war in Ukraine, with organisers bowing...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoOlympics chief ‘on side of peace’ in Russia’s sporting exile
The head of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday pinned full responsibility for Russia’s sporting exile on the Kremlin, insisting the...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years ago‘Dark page’: German fury as Russia, Belarus athletes allowed at Paralympics
Germany’s Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies expressed dismay Wednesday over the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to allow Russian and Belarusian...
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Paralympic Games
/ 3 years agoRussian athletes allowed to compete at Winter Paralympics
Russian and Belarusian athletes were given the all-clear Wednesday to compete at the upcoming Winter Paralympics, which open this week under...
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Football
/ 3 years agoSporting sanctions can land significant blow on Putin, say experts
Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup, the scandal-plagued 2014 Winter Olympics and Gazprom’s sponsorship of the Champions League were powerful tools...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoIOC urges all federations to cancel events in Russia and Belarus
The International Olympic Committee, angry at the Russian invasion of Ukraine breaching the ‘Olympic Truce’, on Friday urged all international sports...