Belarus

— 4 August 2023

Belarus fills up with athletes

Following in the footsteps of Russia with its BRICS Games, Belarus is now challenging the IOC and the Olympic movement by staging an international multi-sport competition on its soil.... Read more »

— 10 July 2023

Moscow doesn’t believe in Russians at Asian Games

A door is open. Only half-open, but it’s an important one. Meeting over the weekend in Bangkok, the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) gave the... Read more »

— 2 May 2023

Faced with the Russian presence, Ukraine withdraws

The threat was in the air. It became concrete. Ukraine announced last weekend its decision not to send a delegation to the World Judo Championships. They should be held... Read more »

— 19 April 2023

Paris 2024 already lost for Russian basketball

With less than 500 days to go before the opening of the Paris 2024 Games (D-464 on Wednesday 19 April), Russia can cross a new line off its draft... Read more »

— 17 April 2023

On the Russian question, hockey remains on ice

It was to be expected: the question of the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions is dividing the Olympic movement. It even splits it in two.... Read more »

— 23 March 2023

Thomas Bach, politically neutral but not apolitical

Coincidence of the calendar? Perhaps not. In the space of a few hours, on Wednesday 22 March, Thomas Bach and the IOC opened the door a little more to... Read more »

— 1 March 2023

Germany puts the brakes on on the Russia issue

Is the Olympic movement’s fine unity on the Russian-Belarusian issue cracking? Less than three months after the Olympic Summit in Lausanne, where the IOC expressed its willingness to explore... Read more »

— 27 January 2023

On the Russian question, the IOC angers both sides

Will Russian and Belarusian athletes soon find a place in international competitions? After reading the latest IOC press release, published on Wednesday, January 25 at the end of the... Read more »

— 17 November 2022

IPC closes the door on Russia

There can be no doubt: the Paralympic movement knows how to show a firmness and political courage that its Olympic counterpart lacks. Its international body, the IPC, demonstrated this... Read more »

— 12 November 2021

World ski champion arrested and sentenced

The repression in Belarus is increasing. According to an opposition group, the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation, one of the country’s leading sports figures has been arrested in Minsk and... Read more »