Russian and Belarusian athletes finally excluded from the Beijing Olympics

Russian and Belarusian athletes finally excluded from the Beijing Olympics

Published on : 03/03/2022 – 08:59 Russian and Belarusian athletes will ultimately be excluded from the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced Thursday, March 3, on the eve of the opening of the competition. Captured after Russian invasion in Ukraine in which Belarus collaborates, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced […]

Judo – World Judo Federation: No starting ban for Russian athletes – Sport

Judo – World Judo Federation: No starting ban for Russian athletes – Sport

Kazan (dpa) – The world judo association IJF will not exclude any Russian athletes despite the Ukraine war. The global decision to sanction all Russian athletes is not considered justified, the IJF said. Expulsion would continue the escalation of violence. Russian athletes can therefore compete under the flag and anthem of the world association. Athletes […]

World Archery punishes Russian and Belarusian archers

World Archery punishes Russian and Belarusian archers

World Archery, the world body that manages all archery events, announced that archers belonging to Russia and Belarus, as well as technical officials from these two nations, will not be able to participate in competitions of any category endorsed by this organization until the war on Ukrainian territory. “As of March 2, 2022, no athlete, […]

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich confirms Chelsea are for sale

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich confirms Chelsea are for sale

Published on : 02/03/2022 – 22:02 Roman Abramovich announced on Wednesday that the English club Chelsea, which he has owned since 2003, was for sale. The “current situation”, namely the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions taken against Moscow, pushes the Russian businessman to take this decision to “sell the club” with which he […]

War in Ukraine: World Taekwondo Federation revokes Putin’s black honorary belt

War in Ukraine: World Taekwondo Federation revokes Putin’s black honorary belt

After the World Judo Federation revoked his honorary presidency, Russian President Vladimir Putin lost another award from a sports association because of the invasion of Ukraine. The World Taekwondo Federation withdrew the 69-year-old’s honorary black belt, which was awarded in 2013. At the same time, the association sharply condemned “the brutal attacks on innocent lives […]

The invasion of Ukraine causes an earthquake in the Premier

The invasion of Ukraine causes an earthquake in the Premier

Roman Abramovich. / Ben Stansall (Afp) war in the east Abramóvich puts Chelsea up for sale, while Everton has suspended its sponsorship contracts with the Russian oligarch Usmanov The invasion of Ukraine has caused a real earthquake in the Premier League, a competition in which the tentacles of the Russian oligarchs were widespread. Roman Abramovich, […]

The war started by Russia is a punishable act! And so Hartwall Arena is a thing of the past

The war started by Russia is a punishable act!  And so Hartwall Arena is a thing of the past

Hartwall, one of Finland’s largest beverage manufacturers, announced on Wednesday that it had ended its marketing partnership with the hall and had its logo withdrawn from it. The reason is that the multifunctional arena is partly owned by Russian businessmen Roman Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko, who are on the European Union’s sanctions list after the […]

Ukrainian Elina Switolina plays tennis against Russian Potapova

Ukrainian Elina Switolina plays tennis against Russian Potapova

Elina Switolina played at the tennis tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, and won the first round comfortably: In normal times, such a success at the start of the tournament would hardly be worth mentioning. The fact that this match on Wednesday night German time was a highly emotional one to the end was due to the […]