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Moscow Says Calls To Ban Russians From Olympics 'Unacceptable': Agencies

The Russian sports minister said Saturday that Ukraine's call to ban Russian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics, which gathered support from several countries, was "unacceptable". "The attempt to dictate the conditions of athletes' participation in international competitions is absolutely unacceptable," sports minister Oleg Matytsin was cited as saying by Russian state-run news agencies. "We see a blatant desire to destroy the unity of international sport and the international Olympic movement."

That viral, back-flipping figure skater? He's a Calgarian with plans to uplift diverse athletes

It's a move he's become famous for on social media.

Yared Nuguse runs second-fastest indoor mile ever, gets American record at Millrose Games

Yared Nuguse ran the second-fastest indoor mile in history and broke the American record, winning the Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile in 3 minutes, 47.38 seconds on Saturday.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor Wins Gold In Shot Put At Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

Tajinderpal Singh Toor, India's current national record holder in men's outside shot put, clinched a gold medal with a personal indoor best of 19.49 m at the ongoing Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 held in Astana, Kazakhstan on Friday. As per the Olympics.com, he is an Asian Games gold medalist (2018), outdoor Asian champion (2019). He won a silver medal in the last edition of the championships in Tehran back in 2018 with a throw of 19.18 m. On Friday, Toor committed a foul in his first attempt, but made the winning throw of 19.49 m in his third and fifth attempts to clinch his first-ever gold in the championships.

Notre Dame offensive line coach Harry Hiestand announces retirement after one year in second Irish stint

Whomever Marcus Freeman hires as Notre Dame’s next offensive coordinator now has his first task ahead of him: Hire an offensive line coach after Harry Hiestand announced his retirement on Sunday evening. Hiestand returned to the Irish coaching staff just a year ago.

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Moscow Says Calls To Ban Russians From Olympics 'Unacceptable': Agencies

That viral, back-flipping figure skater? He's a Calgarian with plans to uplift diverse athletes

Yared Nuguse runs second-fastest indoor mile ever, gets American record at Millrose Games

Tajinderpal Singh Toor Wins Gold In Shot Put At Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

Notre Dame offensive line coach Harry Hiestand announces retirement after one year in second Irish stint

Texas, Oklahoma reach agreement with Big 12 to leave conference after 2023-24 athletic year

Flames' Rasmus Andersson hit by car while riding scooter

Team USA World Baseball Classic roster headlined by 4 MVP winners