UN urges ‘Olympic Truce’ for Paris Games

[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly called Tuesday for the observance of a traditional “Olympic Truce” during the next year’s Paris summer games, as Russia again condemned what it called “political interference” in sport. The resolution, adopted with 118…

History ‘should teach Bach a lesson’: Saladukha

[ad_1] PARIS: IOC president Thomas Bach should learn from history when it comes to his move to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympics, one of Ukraine’s most high-profile former athletes Olha Saladukha has told AFP.…

Bach shares ‘grief, human suffering’ of Ukraine

[ad_1] COURCHEVEL: Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Sunday that he shared the “grief and human suffering” of Ukrainian athletes, stressing that it was not up to individual governments to decide who takes part in international sporting competition. Ukrainian athletes, Bach…

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