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Articles with tag "Sport"
opinion
Leyla Latypova
Children of Asia Games Stir Up Memories of the Democratic and Free Sakha That Never Was
The return of the games to Sakha this year is both a reminder of a dream lost and a respite from the grim reality of the war's outsized impact on the republic...
summer festival
Kazan Says Goodbye to BRICS Games With Ancient Tatar Festival of Sabantuy
Athletes bid farewell to Tatarstan at the closing ceremony on Sunday as the region's Tatar and Bashkir communities marked the Sabantuy summer festival...
1 Min read
opinion
Konstantin Sonin
Vasily Utkin – Dead at 52 – Revolutionized More Than Just Football
The late pundit pioneered a new ethos of Russian journalism. But Putin’s Russia had no space for exceptional people like him.
4 Min read
sporting politics
Russia Rages Against Olympic Chiefs, Accuses Them of ‘Neo-Nazism'
The IOC had barred Russian athletes from taking part in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics and criticized the Moscow-organized Friendship...
2 Min read
neutral flag
Russian, Belarusian Athletes Will Not Take Part in Olympics Opening Ceremony – IOC
Neutral athletes from either country "will not participate in the parade of delegations and teams during the opening ceremony since they are individual...
1 Min read
doping scandal
Star Figure Skater Valieva Removed from Russian National Team
Earlier, the Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the teenage athlete for four years after she failed a drug test before the 2022 Winter Olympics. ...
2 Min read
Sports diplomacy
Inaugural ‘Games of the Future’ Fail to Undo Moscow’s International Isolation
Experts called the games “an attempt by Putin’s inner circle to show him…that everything in Russia is like before and even better.”
4 Min read
let's get phygital
In Photos: Russia's First-Ever 'Games of the Future'
Sports, video games and robots: this event had everything.
1 Min read
'final and binding'
Russian Appeal Against Olympic Suspension Dismissed as Moscow Blasts ‘Discrimination’
The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee in October for violating the territorial integrity of the membership of Ukraine.
2 Min read
medal reshuffle
Russia Demoted to Team Skating Olympic Bronze Without Doped Valieva – ISU
The USA has been promoted to the gold medal with Japan moving up to silver.
2 Min read
high-profile case
Russian Skater Valieva Suspended Four Years for Doping
Kamila Valieva, who became the first woman to land a quadruple jump in an Olympic competition, tested positive for a banned substance prior to the event...
3 Min read
enduring ban
Russian FA Votes Against Move To Asian Confederation
"We will fight for Europe. Russia is Europe. We will win," Vice-President of the Russian Football Union Akhmed Aydamirov said.
1 Min read
let's get physical
Putin to Revive Soviet-Era Athletes Parades on Red Square
The Soviet Union held the parades as a way of promoting physical education and sports among the populace.
1 Min read
politics and sport
Russia Says IOC Ruling on Athletes Was Mocking
Olympic chiefs ruled that Russian athletes can only compete in Paris next year as neutral athletes and if they do not back fighting in Ukraine.
2 Min read
switching sides
Ukraine’s Shakhtar FC Cuts Ties With U19 Player Who Fled to Russia
Oleksandr Rosputko's father told Russian media that he couldn’t discuss the precise reasons for his son’s departure, saying only that “he will definitely...
2 Min read
sporting politics
Russian Olympic Chief Accuses IOC of Siding with Ukraine
The IOC urged sports federations to show sensitivity toward Ukrainian athletes after a fencer was disqualified for refusing to shake the hand of her beaten...
2 Min read
lightning rod
Russian Olympic Champion Faces Backlash for EU Property, Putin Support
Russian opposition and pro-Kremlin voices have fiercely criticized Yelena Isinbayeva after it was revealed that she had moved to the Canary Islands.
3 Min read
news
Russia’s Zvonareva Denied Entry to Poland for WTA Tournament
Russian former world number two Vera Zvonareva has been denied entry to Poland where she was to participate in next week's Polish Open WTA tournament,...
1 Min read
back to the bar
Russian, Belarusian Gymnasts to Return to International Competitions
Gymnasts will be allowed to compete as independent neutral athletes.
1 Min read
On thin ice
Poland Detains Russian Hockey Player Suspected of Spying for Moscow
According to the Polish prosecutor's office, the detained man is the 14th person arrested as part of an investigation into a Russian "spy ring."
2 Min read
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