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BERLIN : Germany's Olympic committee (DOSB) said on Friday it was in favour of maintaining a ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes but opposed any plans to boycott the Paris 2024 Olympics over their participation.
Russian and Belarusian boxers on Thursday competed under their respective national flags at the IBA Women's World Championships since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued sanctions, including a ban on national flags, symbols and anthems, against the athletes from the two countries after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and Belarus' assistance in the attack. Athletes from the two countries were allowed to compete in events but without their national flags or anthems. They took part as neutral athletes.
WTA chief executive Steve Simon says the governing body are doing all they can to help players from Ukraine. Players from Russia and Belarus have played under a neutral flag since the start of the war in February 2022. Ad Anastasia Potapova was warned by the WTA for wearing a Spartak Moscow football shirt before her match against Jessica Pegula at Indian Wells this week.
Elena Rybakina has reiterated comments made about her coach Stefano Vukov were «disrespectful» after her win in the Australian Open semi-finals. The pair appeared to get into a heated exchange during her semi-final win over Victoria Azarenka in January and Vukov was seen repeatedly shouting at the reigning Wimbledon champion. Ad After the Grand Slam, Rybakina defended Vukov's coaching methods in an Instagram post.
Germany's fencing federation has cancelled a women's foil World Cup event after the sport's global governing body (FIE) reversed a ban on athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus, it said on Thursday.
Russian and Belarusian boxers on Thursday competed under their respective national flags at the IBA Women's World Championships since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued sanctions, including a ban on national flags, symbols and anthems, against the athletes from the two countries after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and Belarus' assistance in the attack. Athletes from the two countries were allowed to compete in events but without their national flags or anthems. They took part as neutral athletes.
This is the moment a Russian fighter jet dumped fuel on a US drone over the Black Sea. The video which was taken from the drone and released by the US military shows the Russian jet release a cloud of fuel which covers the drone for a short while.
The WTA has issued a formal warning to Anastasia Potapova after she wore a Spartak Moscow football shirt before her match against Jessica Pegula at Indian Wells this week. Russian Potapova said afterwards she had supported Spartak Moscow since she was 13 and didn’t see any provocation in it. Ad But world No.