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Russian and Belarusian paralympic athletes will be allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, but as neutrals. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are the latest high-profile sports governing body to sanction the two nations after Russia invaded Ukraine last week.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been given the green light to compete as neutrals at the Paralympic Games in Beijing despite the invasion of Ukraine.
The International Paralympic Committee said in a statement that the athletes will take part as neutrals and will compete under the Paralympic flag and not be included in the medal table.
Max Verstappen has signed a new long-term contract at Red Bull with an official announcement expected later in the week, multiple outlets are reporting. The world champion’s current deal expires at the end of the 2023 season, and Netherlands newspaper De Telegraaf report the new contract will be for an additional four or five years. Ad/> That would take the 24-year-old close to or past his 30th birthday, a signal of intent from Red Bull as Verstappen prepares to defend his title this year.
The international union that governs skating has banned athletes from Russia and Belarus from its competitions across figure skating and speed skating. The International Olympic Committee took the unprecedented step on Monday of calling sports organisations around the world to ban the two nations from competing to “protect the integrity of competitions for the safety of all the participants." Ad/> The International Skating Union (ISU) said in a statement: «With immediate effect and until further notice, no skaters belonging to the ISU Members in Russia (Russian Skating Union and the Figure Skating Federation of Russia) and Belarus (Skating Union of Belarus) shall be invited or allowed to participate in International ice skating competitions including ISU Championships and other ISU Events.
Everton defender Vitaliy Mykolenko has criticised Artem Dzyuba and his Russian international teammates in an expletive-laden Instagram post for remaining “silent” over the Ukraine invasion. Mykolenko moved to Everton from Dynamo Kyiv in January and the Ukrainian embraced compatriot Oleksandr Zinchenko in a poignant moment before Saturday’s match against Manchester City at Goodison Park.
Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Wednesday, despite calls to ban them following Russia's invasion of Ukraine for which Belarus has been a key staging area. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week recommended that sports federations suspend teams and athletes from the two countries but added that they could compete as neutrals if time or legal constraints prevented their removal. "They will compete under the Paralympic flag and not be included in the medal table," the IPC said in a statement.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been given the green light to compete as neutrals at the Paralympic Games in Beijing despite the invasion of Ukraine.