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GENEVA : Belarusian athletes who openly oppose the leadership of Alexander Lukashenko on Friday called on the International Olympic Committee to allow them to compete while barring those who support the authorities and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
VILNIUS : Estonia could boycott Paris Olympics next year if Russian and Belarusian athletes are not removed from the competition, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on Friday.
A proposed Paris 2024 Olympics qualification route for Russian and Belarusian athletes through Asian events has not been finalised or agreed, the United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic said on Friday.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the IOC's attempt to return athletes from Russia and Belarus to the Olympics is a legitimization of criminal aggression against Ukraine.
The Baltic nations and Poland on Thursday called on international sports bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in the Olympics and other events while the war in Ukraine continues.
The Republic of Ireland under-21 will face familiar opposition in Euro 2025 qualifying after they were drawn alongside five-time winners Italy in Group A.
BERLIN : Olympic officials are working behind the scenes to contain growing opposition to its plans for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics as the Ukraine war threatens to rekindle Cold War-era sporting frictions.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina called on Wednesday for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris due to Moscow's invasion of her country, hours after Latvia joined Kyiv's threats of a boycott.