Larne manager Tiernan Lynch lauds players ahead of Conference League bow
Larne manager Tiernan Lynch has paid his players a glowing compliment as they prepare to make history in the Conference League.
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Chess-Governing body FIDE softens stance on some banned Russian, Belarusian players
Chess governing body FIDE's general assembly agreed to consider lifting parts of a ban on Russian and Belarusian players imposed after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, in a vote on Sunday in Budapest.
World Chess Number One Magnus Carlsen Urges Sport Chiefs Not To Readmit Russia
Chess great Magnus Carlsen has urged his game's top sporting body not to readmit Russia and Belarus ahead of a key vote this weekend on whether to restore their membership. Russia and Belarus were booted out of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 2022 over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, effectively banning the two countries from international competitions. Carlsen was speaking at a FIDE gala in Budapest on Thursday evening, in which he paid tribute to Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov while accepting an award for greatest player of all time.
World Chess Number One Magnus Carlsen Urges Sport Chiefs Not To Readmit Russia
Chess great Magnus Carlsen has urged his game's top sporting body not to readmit Russia and Belarus ahead of a key vote this weekend on whether to restore their membership. Russia and Belarus were booted out of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 2022 over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, effectively banning the two countries from international competitions. Carlsen was speaking at a FIDE gala in Budapest on Thursday evening, in which he paid tribute to Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov while accepting an award for greatest player of all time.
Flyers and goalie prospect Alexei Kolosov in standoff - ESPN
VOORHEES, N.J. — If goalie Alexei Kolosov doesn't want to play for the Philadelphia Flyers, the Flyers don't want him playing in Russia either.
Poland calls for end to EU benefits for Ukrainian men of fighting age
Poland's Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski urged EU governments to stop providing social support to Ukrainian men of fighting age who are refugees in their countries.
Belarus endures Russification as native language fades away in schools
When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they referred to him as Nikolai, its Russian equivalent.
'World's most monstrous bodybuilder' Illia Yefimchyk dead at 36
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