IPC makes U-turn under pressure (nd-aktuell.de)

IPC makes U-turn under pressure (nd-aktuell.de)

Ivan Zaplin (left) and Ivan Kodlozerow trained on the Paralympic trails in Zhangjiakou on Wednesday morning. Shortly thereafter, their Russian team was expelled. Photo: imago images / Gavriil Grigorov It must have been a short night for many sports officials in the Paralympic Villages. Video calls, writing protest letters, threatening boycotts. On Thursday, the International […]

Football striker Djzuba has criticized discrimination against Russian athletes over Ukraine

Football striker Djzuba has criticized discrimination against Russian athletes over Ukraine

Russian footballer Artyom Dzhuba has criticized the treatment of Russian athletes, who are facing sanctions due to their country’s military attack on Ukraine and are being excluded from competitions around the world. According to the 33-year-old striker in St. Petersburg, people should not be discriminated against because of their nationality. “The war is scary. But […]

Zhan Beleniuk, MP, Olympic wrestling medalist and champion of the Ukrainian cause

Zhan Beleniuk, MP, Olympic wrestling medalist and champion of the Ukrainian cause

Published on : 03/03/2022 – 11:33 Boxers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko or Vasiliy Lomachenko and Aleksandr Usyk, MMA fighter Yaroslav Amosov… many Ukrainian athletes call to defend their homeland, attacked by Russia. Among them, Zhan Beleniuk, Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, the first mixed-race deputy in the history of his country. This son of a […]

Sarunas Jasikevicius: “This is not politics, this is a war”

Sarunas Jasikevicius: “This is not politics, this is a war”

Barça play AS Monaco at the Palau Blaugrana on Thursday (9pm, DAZN), but Sarunas Jasikevicius cannot help but think of the Russian attack on Ukraine. “I live very badly, really. I’m hooked on TV, CNN and the BBC all the time. Lithuanians come here in the morning and try to talk about basketball, but it’s […]

Russia, Belarus and their athletes finally excluded

Russia, Belarus and their athletes finally excluded

Published on : 03/03/2022 – 10:05 On the eve of the opening of the Paralympic Games in China, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has backtracked: Russian and Belarusian athletes will finally be excluded from competitions, even under a neutral flag. The CJP backpedaled. The International Paralympic Committee finally announced, Thursday, March 3, the exclusion of […]

Russia and Belarus banned from the International MMA Federation championships

Russia and Belarus banned from the International MMA Federation championships

Alvaro G. ColmeneroFOLLOW, CONTINUE Updated:03/03/2022 11: 00h Keep Related news The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to leave consequences in the sporting aspect. Mixed martial arts (MMA) have become added to the massive veto of sport to both Russia and Belarus to participate in international competitions. This has been decided by the board of directors […]