[ad_1] PARIS: The Russia and Belarus men’s basketball teams have been banned from the second-chance qualification tournaments for the 2024 Olympics, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced Tuesday. Athletes from Russia and Belarus have faced sanctions from a multitude of…
[ad_1] PARIS: International sports bodies are taking wildly varying stances on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams to compete while the war in Ukraine continues. With the Paris Olympics fewer than 500 days away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
[ad_1] BANGKOK: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) continued to pave the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to qualify for next year’s Paris Summer Games through events in the region when its Athletes Forum endorsed the principles behind it.…