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Ukrainian federation alleges that Russian judokas registered for championships in Qatar are active servicemen'.Ukrainian judokas will not take part in this month's World Judo Championships in Qatar following the International Judo Federation's (IJF) decision to readmit Russians and Belarusians as neutrals, the Ukrainian Judo Federation (UJF) has said.

World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field, voted Thursday to continue its ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in events.The move by one of the most influential international sports federations in the Olympic movement is the latest sign that the push to keep Russia and Belarus out of the 2024 Olympics next summer in Paris has not ebbed, despite the hopes of leaders of the International Olympic Committee that it might.

Paris Olympics 2024 Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo attends the 'Kyiv Investment Forum' at the Brussels city hall in Belgium, on November 28, 2022.Hatim Kaghat, AFP Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo changed her stance on Russian competitors at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday saying they should be banned "while the war continues" in Ukraine, her office said.

Transgender powerlifter JayCee Cooper has won her discrimination lawsuit against USA Powerlifting (USAPL), a competitive federation that had banned her and other trans people from competing.Cooper sued USAPL in January 2021, saying that its policy violates Minnesota's Human Rights Act, a law that explicitly forbids transgender-based discrimination.

Qatar is going to host another World Cup, adding basketball to the sports portfolio of a tiny country with long-term Olympic hosting ambitions.The International Basketball Federation picked Qatar to host the 2027 edition of its marquee men's World Cup on Friday.There was no vote between competing bids.

The International Olympic Committee declined to make a decision on Tuesday on whether Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, beginning two days of meetings in Switzerland by focusing on other issues.Shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the I.O.C. recommended that athletes from Russia and Belarus be barred from international competitions, citing safety and integrity.

Protesters picketed the IOC board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 25.The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it will make a decision "at the appropriate time" on whether to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete at next year's Paris Olympics.

Ahead of a key International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting starting Tuesday, Russia, and its ally, Belarus, have a pathway for sending their athletes to international competitions, including the 2024 Paris Olympics.IOC President Thomas Bach, over defiant words from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the country's sports minister, is with the board.

ZURICH -- Russia and Belarus teams were excluded by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Wednesday from all its world championships next season, including the women's event in the United States.The IIHF cited security concerns for players, competition staff and fans -- because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- to extend the exclusion that will stretch beyond two years when the 2023-24 season is over.

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news The International Olympic Committee insists its exploration of a pathway to allow Russian athletes to compete as neutrals at next year's Olympic Games is in line with the United Nations' pursuit of peace in Ukraine.

Several governments criticised the IOC's plan for for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in world sport again.The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has slammed European governments' reaction to a plan to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sport despite a ban over the invasion of Ukraine.

Hour by Hour A view of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower in central Moscow on September 28, 2022.Natalia Kolesnikova, AFP A US reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on spying charges, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.Russia's FSB security service said the journalist, 31-year-old Evan Gershkovich, is suspected of spying in the interests of the American government, agencies reported.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has made a second visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine amid an escalation in the fighting around it.Rafael Mariano Grossi was shown around the plant by Russian occupying forces and officials, telling reporters: It is obvious that military activity is increasing in this whole region, so every possible measure and precautions should be taken so that the plant is not attacked.

HOUR BY HOUR This photo taken on September 11, 2022 shows an armed person standing in front of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine.AFP Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is expected to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Wednesday.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 382nd day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Sunday, March 12, 2023: Three civilians were killed in Russian shelling of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Saturday, and one more died in the eastern Donetsk region, regional officials said.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 353rd day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Saturday, February 11, 2023: Ukrainian officials said Moscow had started a new offensive ahead of the February 24 anniversary of its invasion.Britain said Russian forces were making gains north of the city of Bakhmut which they are trying to surround, but are having a more difficult time attacking Vuhledar further south, where they abandoned more than 30 armoured vehicles in a failed assault.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said in an interview that he he worries the war could be impacted by shifting political forces in Washington.In an interview with AP, published a short while ago, Zelenskiy said: The United States really understands that if they stop helping us, we will not win.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 399th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Wednesday, March 29, 2023: The United States and Russia have stopped sharing biannual nuclear weapons data under the faltering New START arms control treaty.The US says it had not seen any indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons in the Russian war on Ukraine, days after Putin said he was moving such weapons into Belarus.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has described the situation at Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in south-eastern Ukraine as very dangerous and unstable.Rafael Grossi said his attempt to broker a deal to protect the plant was still alive, adding that there had been increasing military activity in the region without giving details.

Ever since he was a student at Rockville High School, Gallaudet University basketball player Blessed Mbogo has devoted countless hours of his life to the sport.Even when his mom told him that five hours of practice was too long-and he was getting home too late-Mbogo brushed it off.He loved the challenge.

Hosts France are among 34 countries to have asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia are also among those to have called for a ban to be imposed.A joint-statement released on Monday detailed reasoning based around Russia's unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice [against Ukraine], facilitated by the Belarusian government.

The governments of more than 30 nations released a letter Monday calling on the IOC to clarify the definition of neutrality as it seeks a way to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes back into international sports and, ultimately, next year's Paris Olympics.As long as these fundamental issues and the substantial lack of clarity and concrete detail on a workable neutrality' model are not addressed, we do not agree that Russian and Belarusian athletes should be allowed back into competition, read the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press in advance of its wider release.

Multiple explosions were reported in Kyiv on Monday night, according to the mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko.Klitschko said a shop caught fire in the west but there were no immediate reports of casualties.Kyiv air defence said it shot down all drones involved.Ukraine's ground forces commander said his troops were continuing to repel heavy Russian attacks on the eastern city of Bakhmut and that defending it was a military necessity.

World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field and other running sports, will ban transgender women who began transitioning after puberty from its women's events.The ban takes effect on March 31, the date of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.However, the organization also said that it will also form a working group that will spend 12 months further considering the issue of transgender inclusion, suggesting that the ban may not be permanent.

The Russian Athletics Federation has had its doping ban lifted but will still be excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine.World Athletics has voted to lift an eight-year doping ban on Russia, but the nation will remain excluded from international competition because of an ongoing separate ban over the invasion of Ukraine.

When Karin Harjo joined the U.S. ski team as an assistant coach in 2015, she was surrounded by female athletes representing dozens of countries during races and training.But she was the only woman on the mountain who was coaching with a national team.Eight years later, Harjo will soon assume one of the most conspicuous and consequential coaching jobs in Alpine skiing: as Mikaela Shiffrin's head coach.

Growing up as a street kid in Seal Beach in the 1930s, Pat McCormick loved the beach, loved the water, loved competing and loved taking chances.She had no idea there were such things as Olympic Games, and diving was something kids did for fun.But McCormick used diving to carve out her own special niche in Olympic history, in effect calling her shot.

Patricio Manuel, the first out transgender boxer ever to compete in and win a U.S. professional bout, has criticized the World Boxing Council's (WBC) recent proposal to create separate divisions for transgender competitors.The WBC banned trans boxers from fighting against cisgender opponents in August 2022.

Her fans know that Diana Flores is a slippery, moving target who leaves rivals gasping and grasping at air.But it took a Super Bowl halftime ad for millions more to see why the Mexico City native is not only flag football's biggest star, but also an emerging emblem of female empowerment.In the two-minute commercial that aired during Super Bowl LVII, Flores, quarterback and captain of the Mexican national team, strikes up a seemingly casual chat with Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews, who suddenly snatches at one of the flags dangling from Flores' waist.

LONDON -- Russian athletes have "no place" at next year's Paris Olympics while their country's invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from 36 countries Friday.The International Olympic Committee argues it would be discriminatory to exclude athletes from Russia and ally Belarus ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia "has chosen the path of terror" while urging that Russian and Belarusian athletes be banned from the Paris Olympics.(Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to a group of 35 international sports and government ministers Friday, urging them to push the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies at a UK-led meeting not to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as individuals under a pretend neutrality at the Paris Olympics.

The IOC said "the only option that could be considered are [Russians competing as] individual, neutral athletes" at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Benoit Tessier, Reuters file photo The International Olympic Committee pushed back against the mayor of Paris on Wednesday, insisting there were no plans for "a Russian or Belarusian delegation at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed.

Latvia has threatened to boycott next year's Paris Olympics if Russian athletes are allowed to take part during the war in Ukraine and is calling on other countries to form a coalition to pressure international sports bodies.The Latvian Olympic Committee is the first national Olympic body other than Ukraine to threaten to boycott rather than compete against Russia.

Russian forces have made progress in the front-line town of Bakhmut, a key target of Moscow's monthslong campaign in eastern Ukraine that has resulted in staggering casualties, the British Defense Ministry said in an assessment on Saturday.In its regular intelligence update, the ministry said units from the Kremlin-backed paramilitary Wagner Group have captured most of eastern Bakhmut, with a river flowing through the city center now marking the front line.

The branding for Paris 2024 didn't get off to a great start, with the 'flame' logo mercilessly mocked on release in 2019 for resembling, er, a woman with a 'Karen' hairstyle.But we've just had our next glimpse at the games' branding as a whole, and things are looking up.The International Olympic Committee has unveiled a new set of 62 pictograms for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, claiming to have "reinvented the concept" of the symbols.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia from the Olympic Games, saying any medals it wins in Paris next year would be tainted by the blood of his countrymen who have died in Russia's war with his country.Ukraine has threatened to boycott the Games over the IOC's willingness to let athletes from Russia and Belarus return to international competition for the 2024 Games, albeit as neutrals without national flags or anthems.

The row over Russian athletes' possible participation in the Olympic Games has intensified after the head of the International Olympic Committee said that while he shared the grief and human suffering of Ukrainian athletes, national governments should not decide who takes part in international sporting events.

The International Olympic Committee has been criticised after it further paved the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games.Last month, the Olympic Council of Asia gave its blessing for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in events under its jurisdiction in the run-up to Paris 2024.

The International Olympic Committee has said it will explore a pathway' for Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Paris Games.Ukraine may boycott the 2024 Summer Olympics if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete in the Paris Games, the country's sport minister has warned.

From German car manufacturer Audi adopting a flat logo to the unveiling of King Charles III's royal monogram, Dezeen selects 10 rebrands from the year as part of our review of 2022.Custom typefaces and modernised symbols feature in this year's roundup of rebrands and logo designs, which also includes a brand font informed by classical stone inscriptions and an aerodynamic car marque.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was set to address a group of sports ministers meeting Friday to discuss Russian participation at next year's Olympics.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address a gathering of more than 30 nations considering how to respond to the prospect of Russian and Belarusian competitors at the Paris Olympics.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said there are no plans for a Russian or Belarusian delegation at the 2024 Games but it is considering whether individual, neutral athletes from the countries could take part.

AP Photo/Julio Cortez U.S. Women's soccer star Becky Sauerbrunn wrote an opinion piece for the Springfield News-Leader offering her support for transgender athletes in women's sports.Missouri has a proposed bill called the Save Women's Sports Act to ban transgender athletes from playing female sports.

Ukraine sports minister Vadym Guttsait has warned the country would consider a boycott of the 2024 Paris Olympics if Russia and Belarus athletes were allowed to take part.The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it was continuing to work on a pathway which would enable Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals, a move which was criticised by the British Government.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Thursday that it could allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Asian Games, which also act as Olympic qualifiers, meaning it could be a step toward them being allowed to compete at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris."The OCA believes in the unifying power of sport and that all athletes, regardless of their nationality or the passport they hold, should be able to compete in sports competitions," the OCA said in a statement.

The Olympics will be more inclusive for transgender athletes.What does this mean for the competitions?The IOC (International Olympic Committee) made the big announcement this weekend where they officially set new guidelines in place in an attempt to "preserve" a "level playing field" for female sports.