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Authorities seek 6-year doping ban for NCAA sprint champion

Authorities are seeking a six-year ban against four-time NCAA champion Divine Oduduru of Nigeria, whose alleged cheating was uncovered in the first case brought by U.S. authorities under a law designed to combat doping schemes across the globe

The Independent UK

Olympic champion 'could lose hands' after having both feet amputated due to pneumonia

Ice dancer Roman Kostomarov won a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, but after falling ill has now undergone surgery to have both feet amputated

Daily Mirror

Olympics-IOC president Bach urges Ukraine to drop Paris boycott threat

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called on Ukraine to drop threats of a boycott of the 2024 Olympics over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

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IOC President Bach Urges Ukraine to Drop Paris Boycott Threat

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called on Ukraine to drop threats of a boycott of the 2024 Olympics over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. Ukraine hopes to secure widespread international support for a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes after the IOC opened the door…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dentsu likely to face criminal charges over alleged bid-rigging

Advertising giant Dentsu Inc. will likely face criminal charges over alleged bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Skier Elena Fanchini dies aged 37 after Winter Olympics ace had career ended by tumour

Skier Elena Fanchini, who represented Italy at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships, has died at the age of just 37 after her career was ended when she was diagnosed with a tumour

Daily Mirror

Nine pays $305m for Olympic Games rights: here’s what it means for viewers in Australia

Rights to the summer and winter Olympic Games extend across free-to-air TV, streaming, digital publishing, radio and print

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Hockeyroos begin journey to Paris Olympics

The Hockeyroos will use an six-game Pro League series in Sydney against China and Germany as a stepping stone towards hopefully making the Paris Olympics.

AAP

Olympic chiefs provide update on Russians competing at Paris 2023 amid boycott fears

The International Olympic Committee has issued an update on the 2024 Olympics after the mayor of Paris joined those calling for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned

Daily Mirror

Probe into US Olympic failings stunted by red tape in DC

More than two years since it was greenlighted by Congress, the panel established to probe the inner workings of the U.S. Olympics has yet to conduct a formal interview because of bureaucratic red tape in Washington

The Independent UK

IOC pushes back against Paris mayor on banning Russian, Belarusian athletes from 2024 Olympics

The International Olympic Committee pushed back against the mayor of Paris on Wednesday, insisting there were no plans for "a Russian or Belarusian delegation” at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed.

France 24

Shiffrin's silver at ski worlds inspired by LeBron's record

Mikaela Shiffrin woke up to the news that LeBron James had broken the NBA scoring record and the American skier immediately drew comparisons to her own record-breaking season

The Independent UK

Svitolina calls for Russians to be banned from Olympics

Ukrainian tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Elina Svitolina has pushed for a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Games in an interview with The Associated Press

The Independent UK

IOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for Russians

The International Olympic Committee has pushed back against the mayor of Paris by insisting there are no plans for "a Russian or Belarusian delegation” at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed

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Skier with frozen penis at Winter Olympics makes spectacular comeback one year on

Flying Finn Remi Lindholm has found top form again one year on from suffering a frozen penis at the 2022 Winter Olympics, strutting his stuff en route to a 15km gold medal in Tampere

Evening Standard

Oleksandr Usyk weighs in on Russian ‘medals of blood’ in Paris 2024 Olympics row

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russia from the Olympic Games, saying any medals they win in Paris next year would be tainted by the blood of his countrymen who have died in Russia's year-long invasion.

Reuters

Olympics-Russians will win 'medals of blood' if allowed to compete, says Ukraine's Usyk

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner absent from USA camp, but keeping in touch

Brittney Griner texted her good friend Diana Taurasi on Tuesday morning asking how the USA Basketball training camp was going

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Oleksandr Usyk makes "blood medals" plea over Russian Olympic athletes

World heavyweight champion Usyk became a gold medalist while representing Ukraine at the 2012 London games, and has gone on to become a two-weight champion in the paid ranks

The Independent UK

Oleksandr Usyk insists Russia must not be allowed to win Olympic ‘medals of blood, death and tears’

‘The medals that Russian athletes are going to win are medals of blood, death and tears,’ the Ukrainian boxer told the IOC.

The Independent UK

Don’t let Russians win ‘medals of blood’ at Paris Olympics, says Oleksandr Usyk

‘The medals that Russian athletes are going to win are medals of blood, death and tears,’ the Ukrainian told the IOC.

The Independent UK

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo insists Russian delegation unwelcome at 2024 Olympics amid war

Hidalgo last month said she was in favour of Russians participating under a neutral banner, but has now expressed a different view.

Radio France Internationale

Paris mayor wants no Russian athletes at 2024 Olympics 'while war goes on'

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has changed her stance on Russian competitors at the 2024 Olympics, saying they should be banned "while the war continues" in Ukraine.

The National (Scotland)

Jack Carlin has Glasgow on the mind ahead of European Track Cycling Championships

And such is the level he’s reached, for him, the big picture means only world and Olympic medals.

WEKU

One year later, still no medals in disputed Beijing 2022 Olympic team skating event

Skaters from Russia won the team event with the U.S. second and Japan third. But then it came to light that Russian Kamila Valieva had given a positive drug test weeks before the Olympics.

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