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Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year an option described as madness by Russia's top sailing official on Wednesday.The World Sailing governing body said races next April called the Last Chance Regatta for Olympic qualification at the French Riviera resort Hyeres are the targeted opportunity for sailors with a passport from Russia and Belarus to return to international competition as neutral athletes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland Russia's path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine.The International Olympic Committee indicated on Wednesday it favors officially neutral teams from Russia and its ally Belarus at the 2024 Olympics despite a plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to exclude them entirely.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 363rd day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Tuesday, February 21, 2023: US President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and pledged additional assistance to Ukraine worth $500m that will include artillery ammunition, anti-armour systems and air surveillance radars.

France and Italy have agreed to deliver mobile surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine, the French defence ministry said on Friday.Published: 4 February 2023 14:48 CET France has also promised to ship a radar system of the Ground Master 200 type made by French defence contractor Thales to Ukraine.

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.

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 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.

13 minutes ago13 minutes ago Canada says Vladimir Putin has shown no intention of bringing the pipeline back online.Meanwhile, the US is considering sending smart bomb kits to Kyiv.Follow DW for the latest Canada will no longer allow Nord Stream turbines to be repaired in Montreal and returned to Germany, the Canadian government announced on Wednesday.