Archives des Alisher Usmanov

— 10 August 2022

“More than 100 of our athletes have already died”.

The document uses few words, only ten short paragraphs, but they say a lot. It is signed by Vadym Guttsait, the Ukrainian Minister of Youth and Sport and President... Read more »

— 7 April 2022

In Russian sport, sanctions are not for everyone

White card or red card? The IOC celebrated the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace in its own way on Wednesday 6 April. In a lengthy statement,... Read more »

— 15 March 2022

‘The sports movement will have to stand firm against Russia’

Two weeks have passed since the IOC announced its “recommendation” to international federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions. Two weeks in which the Olympic movement... Read more »

— 1 March 2022

IOC calls for exclusion, FIFA strikes first

The decision is historic. It sets a precedent. For the first time, the IOC has scrapped its sacrosanct political neutrality. Faced with the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian... Read more »

— 28 February 2022

Sanctions against Russia are falling without stopping

Sanctions are raining down on Russia. They have been falling like hail since the Moscow regime’s decision to invade Ukraine. Already suspended from the Olympic movement for two years,... Read more »

— 2 November 2021

In the Olympic movement, voters no longer have a choice

The democratic exercise takes a strange turn in the Olympic movement. The host cities of the Games are chosen without any calendar or electoral process. And the presidential elections... Read more »