Russia Olympic team
Russian athletes could compete at Paris Olympics even if Ukraine war continues
Russian athletes have been offered a path to compete at the Paris 2024 Games even if the war in Ukraine continues to rage for another 18 months
Sean Ingle
09, Dec, 2022 @3:04 PM
Russia and Belarus face ban from Paris Olympics, warns senior IOC member
Russia is facing a ban from the Paris Olympics as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine, Sir Craig Reedie has warned
Sean Ingle
11, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Winter Paralympics: Russian athletes competing as neutral sparks backlash
The International Paralympic Committee will allow Russian athletes to compete at the Winter Games which begin in Beijing this week
Paul MacInnes
02, Mar, 2022 @4:46 PM
IOC calls for international event ban for athletes from Russia and Belarus
The IOC has recommended that Russian and Belarussian athletes be prevented from competing in international events
Paul MacInnes and Agencies
28, Feb, 2022 @3:39 PM
The Olympics face an existential crisis. An American-led effort could save them | Steve Mesler and Jeff Porter
The Olympic movement risks lurching even further into an existential crisis if major problems aren’t addressed, and many of the levers for change lie in Americans’ hands
Steve Mesler and Jeff Porter
21, Feb, 2022 @10:00 AM
US anti-doping chief dismisses Russian Olympic ban as a ‘farce’
The CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart, has dismissed the punishment handed down for Russia’s state sponsored doping program as a ‘farce’
Guardian sport
31, Jul, 2021 @1:10 PM
Russia in all but name: the ROC team go to Tokyo with a siege mentality | Andrew Roth
A muted run-up in Russia has focused on how Russia’s ongoing punishment for doping infringements will be enforced
Andrew Roth in Moscow
22, Jul, 2021 @7:00 AM
Russian athletes face blanket ban at Tokyo 2020 unless Rusaf admits lies
Russia has been warned that its athletes will be banned from the 2020 Olympics – unless it accepts senior officials lied to help a world champion escape a doping ban
Sean Ingle
29, Jan, 2020 @7:22 PM
BOA demands the ‘fullest possible sanctions’ be taken against Russia
The British Olympic Association has called for the ‘fullest possible sanctions’ to be taken against Russia following the four-year World Anti-Doping Agency ban imposed for alleged manipulation of doping data
Guardian sport and agencies
11, Dec, 2019 @4:51 PM
Athletes condemn ‘spineless’ Wada as Putin considers appeal
The British ex-Paralympian Victoria Aggar has called Wada’s four-year ban for Russia ‘spineless’ and her fellow committee member, Adam Pengilly, said: ‘Nothing has worked’
Sean Ingle
10, Dec, 2019 @8:58 PM
Shock among Russian athletes over Wada four-year global ban for doping
The five-time Olympic champion says the ban is a ‘blow to the reputation of clean athletes’ but adds that ‘clearly there was a basis’ for the punishment
Andrew Roth in Moscow
10, Dec, 2019 @12:55 PM
Wada acts on Russian doping but has it gone far enough?
Caveats and compromises in the small print in Wada’s doping ban on Russia mean their athletes and footballers may yet appear at the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup
Sean Ingle
09, Dec, 2019 @8:10 PM
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