Category: 7. Sports

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced the lifting of partial suspensions on Russia and Belarus, reinstating their full membership rights. The decision, made during the IPC general assembly in Seoul, South Korea, saw votes…

SEOUL, South Korea — The International Paralympic Committee has lifted the partial suspensions of Russia and Belarus.

The IPC general assembly in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday first voted against a full suspension for Russia by 111 to 55, with…

Last Updated:September 27, 2025, 15:14 IST

IPC’s decision permits Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics next year.

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The International Paralympic…

Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete under their own flag at the Paralympics and World Para-sport events after their partial suspensions by the International Paralympic Committee were lifted.

Both countries had been suspended from…

The International Paralympic Committee decided on Saturday to lift a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

This decision, taken at the IPC’s general assembly meeting in Seoul, opens…

The International Paralympic Committee decided on Saturday to lift a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

This decision, taken at the IPC’s general assembly meeting in Seoul, opens…

The partial suspensions of Belarus and Russia have been lifted after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted not to maintain the sanctions.

Both countries had been suspended from Paralympic competition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

Sept. 26 (UPI) — An elite Indonesian men’s gymnast, hoping to compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, died after suffering a neck injury while training in Russia.

Naufal Takdir Al Bari, 19, fell into a foam pit during a high bar…

In Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories, Russia is increasingly exploiting sports as a tool to impose political ideology on children. Sports clubs and extracurricular activities are being transformed into platforms for propaganda, while…

Russians in the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia region are increasingly trying to politicize children’s sports, turning sections and clubs into platforms for propaganda. This is reported by the Center for Countering…