The International Olympic Committee have hit back at the British Government claimed it would be the 'end of world sport' if governments dictated whether Russian athletes were allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February, sporting athletes from the Eastern European country and neighbouring Belarus have faced a whole host of sanctions. Sportsmen and women have been forced to compete under a neutral flag, with some even being banned from competing in their field.
Amid the ongoing war, there have been calls for these sanctions to continue, especially at next summer's Olympic Games in the French capital.
