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IOC and Games cannot be referees in political disputes - Bach

Reuters 23 Mar 2023
"If politics decides who can take part in a competition then sport and athletes become tools of politics. It is then impossible for sport to transfer its uniting powers," Bach said in his speech ... They held pictures of bombed sporting sites and banners calling for a complete ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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Belarussian star Aryna Sabalenka reveals she received significant hate from people in tennis after her ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2023
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka has received 'hate' from people in the sport over Belarus' role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine ... Belarussian tennis star and Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka has received a significant amount of 'hate' from people in the sport over her country's role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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IOC defends decision not to ban Russian athletes

RNZ 22 Mar 2023
"If politics decides who can take part in a competition then sport and athletes become tools of politics. It is then impossible for sport to transfer its uniting powers," Bach said ... "Ukraine wants, and this is a direct quote 'the total isolation of all Russians'," Bach said, as some people in the audience applauded.
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Aryna Sabalenka bemused by 'locker room hate' over Ukraine war

RTE 22 Mar 2023
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka has received "hate" from people in the sport over Belarus' role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ... The war has perhaps caused more tension in tennis than any other sport, with Russian, Ukranian and Belarussian players regularly coming up against each other.
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David Owen: Might Xi lend a helping hand to Bach’s Games - or Putin’s?

Inside The Games 21 Mar 2023
... be kept out, ensuring Ukraine’s presence, but fracturing the international sports movement for years to come.Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin's meeting in Moscow is likely to attract attention from the Olympic corridors of power in Lausanne, our columnist predicts ©Getty Images.
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Russia negotiate with UEFA and FIFA to retain rights to participate in international football competitions

Inside The Games 21 Mar 2023
FIFA and UEFA were both on the list of sports associations that banned the Russians for the invasion of Ukraine on February 21 2022 ... Denis Rogachev, the RFU deputy secretary general, spoke on the current state of the national team in a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports.
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Ukraine’s players tell NOC that banning them from competing with Russians would lead to "destruction of Ukrainian tennis"

Inside The Games 21 Mar 2023
Ukraine’s tennis federation and leading players have said any decision by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine to ban them from competing with Russians and Belarusians would lead to "the destruction of Ukrainian tennis" ... .
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Lack of elite level competition shows in Russian boxers' poor performance

Indian Express 21 Mar 2023
I believe that if the girls had competitive international experience over the last few months, they would have won their fights here.\u201d Soft launched back into fold Russia and Belarus were handed a ban from multiple sporting organisations after the Russians started a war against Ukraine in February last year.
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The Wagner Group, Russia’s maybe-private army in Ukraine, explained

Vox 21 Mar 2023
The paramilitary group has come out of the shadows in the war in Ukraine. But what comes next? On the battlefields of Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Russian fighters have died in the thousands ... The Wagner Group, and Prigozhin himself, have taken a very public — and potentially very risky — part in the war in Ukraine ... That has changed in Ukraine.
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Middle Eastern football union comes out in support of Russia

Russia Today 20 Mar 2023
Read more Ukraine left out of 'unprecedented' World Cup announcement ... The International Olympic Committee was the first international sporting organization to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine last February.
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Countries urged to rally behind court probes in Ukraine

Caledonian Record 20 Mar 2023
LONDON (AP) — Ukraine’s justice officials and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court appealed Monday to countries around the world to boost funding and support for the global court’s investigations into alleged war crimes in Ukraine to ensure Russia is held accountable.
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England squad: Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount and Nick Pope out

Sporting Life 20 Mar 2023
England face Italy in Naples on Thursday before hosting Ukraine at Wembley on Sunday. More from Sporting Life. Fixtures, results and live scoresExpert xG analysis and featuresTransfer news and done dealsFootball and other sports ...
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Finland join countries refusing to host fencing tournament after Russia reinstated

Inside The Games 20 Mar 2023
... to allow Russians and Belarusians who do not participate in supporting a special military operation to compete international competitions in a neutral status.Russia have been banned by multiple sports federation following their invasion of Ukraine last year ©Getty Images.
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Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

Dothan Eagle 20 Mar 2023
Somalia and neighboring Ethiopia and Kenya are facing a sixth consecutive failed rainy season while rising global food prices and the war in Ukraine complicate the hunger crisis ... “Many of the traditional donors have washed their hands and focused on Ukraine,” the U.N.

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