Russian wrestlers reject Olympics invitation
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The athletes who were given permission to participate in this summer's Olympic Games have not accepted the "unsportsmanlike selection" by the IOC, the Russian Wrestling Federation said Saturday.
The athletes who were given permission to participate in this summer's Olympic Games have not accepted the "unsportsmanlike selection" by the IOC, the Russian Wrestling Federation said Saturday.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has received part of its 2023 contribution from Russia, the global anti-doping organisation told Russian news agency TASS.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe travelled to Ukraine this weekend to meet with the head of the Ukrainian government, Volodymyr Zelensky, to whom he confirmed "unwavering" financial support for local athletes ahead of Paris 2024, which runs from 26 July to 11 August.
The World Friendship Games, originally scheduled for September 2024, have been postponed to 2025. Inside The Games was told that the Organising Committee will soon announce new dates for the event, which has received applications from nearly 2,500 athletes from 127 countries to compete in 36 sports at 21 venues, 17 in Moscow and four in Yekaterinburg.
UN President Volker Turk defended justice, respect and equal opportunities at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. He described the attitude of the athletes who are not keeping silent about the abuses they are suffering as one of "tremendous courage". The voices of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Palestine have been heard.
Russia will not be sending any competitors to the Paris Olympics after only four of its seventeen judokas were given permission to compete by the International Olympic Committee.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) authorised six Russians and two more Belarusians to participate in the Paris Olympic Games raising the total count to 47, according to a third list expanded to judo and canoeing. The IOC published the initial list on 15 June and expanded it on Thursday with 39 athletes in tennis, shooting and rowing.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday invited 22 Russian and 17 Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals even though some have already decided against taking part. A second list of names authorised to compete in the Games showpiece included competitors from tennis, shooting and rowing.
Seeking to find some kind of relief in sport while their war-ravaged country struggles, athletes from Ukraine showcased their Olympic outfits ahead of 2024 Games marred by international conflict.
The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 to win ice hockey's Stanley Cup for the first time on Monday as Canada's 31-year title drought continued.
After erasing a 3-0 deficit in the series, Edmonton hopes to become just the second NHL team to make it all the way back against the Panthers, who lost last year's Finals and face the troubling scenario of a historic choke on home ice on Monday.
Two-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist from Russia, Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, will fight for the WBA Bridgerweight title in a 12-round bout at the IBA Champions' Night in Serpukhov on Friday, 12 July 2024.
G7 leaders have called for an Olympic truce in the run-up to the Paris Games in the summit's final declaration. "We urge all countries to respect it, individually and collectively, as outlined in the United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted on 15 December 2023," the statement said.
With an ample majority of wrestlers and the stellar presence of road cyclist Aleksandr Vlasov and Olympic trampoline champion Ivan Litvinovich among the featured admissions for the Paris 2024 Games, the International Olympic Committee also included taekwondo as whole, albeit with no specific names.
Spain leads the way in nationality changes approved by the IOC with two footballers, while Russia (which is banned from participating in these Games as such) loses two of its own. The IOC also approved 7 other changes ahead of the world's biggest multi-sport event, which begins in 40 days' time.