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Putin Shelves World Friendship Games, Russia's Alternative To Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed until further notice the World Friendship Games, seen as Moscow's alternative to the Olympic Games and originally meant to take pace this year, according to a Kremlin decree published Monday.
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Banned Russian Skater Blames Failed Drug Test On Grandfather's Strawberry Dessert
Russian skater Kamila Valieva claimed that a strawberry dessert made by her grandfather on a board he used to crush his pills could have been the cause of her positive doping test.
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Women's World Championships: Russian And Belarusian Boxers Compete Under Their Own Flag
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued sanctions, including a ban on national flags, symbols and anthems, against the athletes from the two countries after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and Belarus' assistance in the attack.
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Russia Proposes To Host SCO Games, Wants India To Participate
In a proposal which could put India in a tricky situation, Russia has offered to host the inaugural Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Games, despite a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on its member nations.
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Volodymyr Zelensky Urges France To Ban Russian Athletes From 2024 Olympics
Mr Zelensky protested the IOC decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as "neutrals" at the Olympics.
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United States Backs IOC Call For Russia Sports Ban
US Olympic chiefs threw their support behind International Olympic Committee calls for Russian athletes to be barred from international competition following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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International Olympic Committee Urges Sports Events To Exclude Russian, Belarusian Athletes
The International Olympic Committee on Monday called on sports organisers to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international events following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Tokyo Games: No Flag, No Anthem, But Russia Olympic Chief Still Wants Gold Medals
The head of Russia's Olympic Committee, an organisation weighed down by a protracted doping scandal, believes his athletes are headed to the Tokyo Games with an unfair disadvantage.
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Russia Approves Roster Of Neutral Athletes For Tokyo 2020
Russia's Olympic Committee on Tuesday finalised a roster of 335 athletes who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics under a neutral flag and anthem.
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Vladimir Putin Olympics Ban "Unacceptable": Russian Olympic Committee
Russia's Olympic Committee on Thursday said that a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to bar the country's high-ranking officials including President Vladimir Putin from attending the Olympics was "unacceptable".
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Russia To Miss Tokyo, Beijing Olympics After Doping Ban Halved
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday banned Russia from international sports competitions for two years including the Tokyo Olympics.
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Whistleblower Demands "Blanket Ban" For Russian Athletes For Tokyo Olympics
Some Russians will still be allowed to compete at next year's Games in Japan as neutrals and only if they can demonstrate they were not part of what WADA believes was a state-sponsored system of doping.
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Vladimir Putin Says Russia Doping Ban "Politically Motivated"
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over manipulated doping data, prompting an angry response from President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia Banned From 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee voted Monday to bar Russia from competing at the next two Olympic Games.
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Russia Banned From Olympics By World Anti-Doping Body WADA For Four Years Over Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia from global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after accusing Moscow of falsifying data.
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Putin Shelves World Friendship Games, Russia's Alternative To Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed until further notice the World Friendship Games, seen as Moscow's alternative to the Olympic Games and originally meant to take pace this year, according to a Kremlin decree published Monday.
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Banned Russian Skater Blames Failed Drug Test On Grandfather's Strawberry Dessert
Russian skater Kamila Valieva claimed that a strawberry dessert made by her grandfather on a board he used to crush his pills could have been the cause of her positive doping test.
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Women's World Championships: Russian And Belarusian Boxers Compete Under Their Own Flag
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued sanctions, including a ban on national flags, symbols and anthems, against the athletes from the two countries after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and Belarus' assistance in the attack.
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Russia Proposes To Host SCO Games, Wants India To Participate
In a proposal which could put India in a tricky situation, Russia has offered to host the inaugural Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Games, despite a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on its member nations.
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Volodymyr Zelensky Urges France To Ban Russian Athletes From 2024 Olympics
Mr Zelensky protested the IOC decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as "neutrals" at the Olympics.
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United States Backs IOC Call For Russia Sports Ban
US Olympic chiefs threw their support behind International Olympic Committee calls for Russian athletes to be barred from international competition following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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International Olympic Committee Urges Sports Events To Exclude Russian, Belarusian Athletes
The International Olympic Committee on Monday called on sports organisers to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international events following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Tokyo Games: No Flag, No Anthem, But Russia Olympic Chief Still Wants Gold Medals
The head of Russia's Olympic Committee, an organisation weighed down by a protracted doping scandal, believes his athletes are headed to the Tokyo Games with an unfair disadvantage.
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Russia Approves Roster Of Neutral Athletes For Tokyo 2020
Russia's Olympic Committee on Tuesday finalised a roster of 335 athletes who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics under a neutral flag and anthem.
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Vladimir Putin Olympics Ban "Unacceptable": Russian Olympic Committee
Russia's Olympic Committee on Thursday said that a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to bar the country's high-ranking officials including President Vladimir Putin from attending the Olympics was "unacceptable".
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Russia To Miss Tokyo, Beijing Olympics After Doping Ban Halved
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday banned Russia from international sports competitions for two years including the Tokyo Olympics.
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Whistleblower Demands "Blanket Ban" For Russian Athletes For Tokyo Olympics
Some Russians will still be allowed to compete at next year's Games in Japan as neutrals and only if they can demonstrate they were not part of what WADA believes was a state-sponsored system of doping.
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Vladimir Putin Says Russia Doping Ban "Politically Motivated"
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over manipulated doping data, prompting an angry response from President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia Banned From 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee voted Monday to bar Russia from competing at the next two Olympic Games.
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Russia Banned From Olympics By World Anti-Doping Body WADA For Four Years Over Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia from global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after accusing Moscow of falsifying data.
