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Daily Mirror
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Liam Llewellyn

Andriy Shevchenko insists 'the war is not over' in call for Olympic ban on Russians

Ukraine football legend Andriy Shevchenko has called for Russians to be banned for the next Olympic Games and insisted 'the war is not over'.

With the next edition of the prestigious event set to take place in Paris next year, there have been widespread calls for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent those from the world's largest country competing. One of those people is the 2004 Ballon d'Or winner and he has pleaded with the IOC to condemn Russia and president Vladimir Putin's 'aggression' to help end the war.

“There is no politics in sport,” the Champions League winner wrote on social media. “But this war is more than just politics. Sports competitions of a high level, like the Olympics, are opportunities to share a message to all people on Earth at once.

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