The IOC kicked out a Ukrainian skeleton racer for wearing a helmet honouring Ukrainians killed in the ongoing Russian invasion.
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris officially begins with a unique show in the middle of the Seine later on Friday.
“Medallists should receive those ultimate prizes made of the corresponding metals.’’
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach promised a “spectacular” Olympic Games in the coming weeks on Monday in Paris.
The IOC is to make a separate decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in Paris at a later date.
Clamouring for Russia not to compete at the summer and winter Olympics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said “any neutral flag of Russian athletes is stained by blood.”
Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, says three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week.
Jersey sponsor Three on Thursday suspended its partnership with Chelsea following the freezing of the London club’s assets by the UK government.
