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International Olympic Committee asks all sports to ban Russia and Belarus from competitions

Russia continues to face increased sanctions and opposition from the sporting world

The Independent UK

Athletes From Ukraine, Other Countries Request IOC Suspend Russian Olympic Committees

The IOC has called on international federations to cancel or move events planned in Russia and Belarus.

Sports Illustrated

Ukrainian athletes call for blanket ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, FIFA bans matches in Russia

The athletes' letter is addressed to the heads of the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee and has been signed by numerous sportspeople and organising bodies.

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Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

With Russian troops encircling the capital of Kyiv, some four dozen athletes from Ukraine and elsewhere sent an open letter to Olympic and Paralympic leaders urging them to immediately suspend the Russian and Belarussian Olympic and Paralympic Committees

The Independent UK

Ukraine invasion puts Russia's elite sports status at risk

The invasion of Ukraine could further undermine Russia's status as an elite sports dynasty, which already has been weakened by deception and doping scandals but often punished only by a tepid pushback from international sports bodies

The Independent UK

Cancellations, revocations and repudiations: Russia becomes persona non grata in sport

The invasion of Ukraine drew more punitive measures across the sporting world on Saturday, a day after Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final, which was moved to Paris from Saint Petersburg.

France 24

IOC call for sporting events in Russia and Belarus to be scrapped or moved amid Ukraine war

The International Olympic Committee have called for all sports events in Russia or Belarus to be rescheduled elsewhere or cancelled.

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IOC asks sports organizations to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

The request from the Olympic body came after UEFA moved the Champions League final from St. Petersburg to suburban Paris, and after the governing body of skiing and Formula One pulled upcoming races from Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times

IOC urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries’ flags and national anthems

The Independent UK

India, Japan could be next Asian hosts of the Olympics

As it did with China, the IOC can envision India as a new frontier that will yield deep-pocketed sponsors, television rights deals and generous government support.

Chicago Sun-Times

Is the International Olympic Committee planting 300,000 new trees in Africa a good idea?

‘Planting trees will not stop global warming, only decarbonising the economy will,’ ecosystem science professor says

The Independent UK

Olympics Say Goodbye to Asia after a Star-Crossed Run

The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it's unclear when they'll be back after the continent hosted four of the last eight Games. The earliest the Summer Games could return is 2036, and the favorite could be the world's most populous country — not China,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympics say goodbye to Asia after 4-year star-crossed run

The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it’s unclear when they’ll be back after the continent hosted four of the last eight Games

The Independent UK

First the IOC, now Nato: how Putin’s Russia refuses to play by the rules

The scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva at the Winter Olympics raises fears the regime may end the teenager’s career before it has a chance to begin

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The Hindu

Explained | What is an IOC Session

Mumbai became the second Indian city to host an International Olympic Committee (IOC) session. New Delhi had last hosted the session in 1983.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: China should never have been allowed to hold these Olympics

BEIJING – Sports fans have been forced to gaze toward China this month as it held a Winter Olympics it should have never been allowed to hold.

The Guardian - US

The Olympics face an existential crisis. An American-led effort could save them

The Olympic movement risks lurching even further into an existential crisis if major problems aren’t addressed, and many of the levers for change lie in Americans’ hands

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Olympics Closes after Golden Moments and Doping Storm

The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run event and a "safe Games" in the midst of the Covid pandemic, but the gold medals were overshadowed by a doping controversy.

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The Independent UK

Winter Olympics review: From politics and human rights to doping and Covid, Beijing Games leaves a sour taste

Despite the magic of Team GB’s curlers and some special moments of sporting achievement, the Beijing Games have been a headache for Olympic organisers

The Guardian - UK

‘Horrific’: BOA chief backs harsher ROC ban if Valieva was deliberately doped

The British Olympic Association wants a harsher ban imposed on Russia if it can be proved that its sporting system deliberately doped the 15-year-old skater Kamila Valieva

Sports Illustrated

From Putin's War-Mongering to the Valieva Scandal, Russia Besieges Beijing Games

With the looming threat to invade Ukraine and the specter of another doping scandal, one country continues to be at the center of Olympic dysfunction.

ABC News

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony: the parade of nations, the handover to Milan-Cortina, the farewell and the fireworks, as it happened

The Winter Olympics come to an end with an emotional ceremony in Beijing, following the handover to the next hosts in Milan-Cortina. Follow our live blog.

The Independent UK

After Beijing bubble bursts, can the IOC save the Olympics?

The cordoned-off Olympic bubble that folds up when the closing ceremony ends has produced its usual collage of amazing athletes doing great things

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day 16: GB win women’s curling gold before closing ceremony – as it happened

Team GB’s women won curling gold before a Beijing closing ceremony to a Games embroiled in controversy

Chicago Sun-Times

Panel denies U.S. figure skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals

Losing the case means the U.S. skaters will receive their medals months, maybe even years, from now, after Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case winds its way through hearings and appeals.

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