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
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, 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
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
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
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
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 […]
Confirmed. Abramovich sells Chelsea, a profit he wants to give to the victims of the war in Ukraine
Russian rich people with ties to the Kremlin regime face sanctions after the Russian army invades Ukraine. Abramovich does not face any yet, however, after the events in Ukraine, he entrusted the management of the club to the legal council of the Chelsea charity. “In the current situation, I have decided to sell the club. […]
The Ukrainian Yarmolenko attacks the silence of Russian footballers for the invasion of Ukraine
Updated Wednesday, March 2, 2022 – 18:13 “You have influence on people, show them, I beg you… it’s time to show your courage… in real life,” he posted on his social media The message of a Ukrainian player to his Russian teammates: “It’s time to throw eggs” “I have a question for the players of […]
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 […]