Archives des Russia - Page 4 of 9

— 9 January 2023

FIFA continues to pay

Paradox. Russia has been suspended by FIFA since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, but the international football body continues to pay it its share of the legacy... Read more »

— 9 January 2023

“Ukraine’s neighbours may well resort to boycott”

The deadline is still a long way off, but the threat is serious. With less than 600 days to go before the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games... Read more »

— 4 January 2023

Ukraine invites Thomas Bach to see the damage

Thomas Bach has been warned: a return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions, which was mentioned last month at the IOC Olympic Summit in Lausanne, would be... Read more »

— 3 January 2023

2023, a year in four questions

The year 2023 will not be Olympic. With the exception of FIFA, where Gianni Infantino will move forward without rival towards a new mandate, it will not be an... Read more »

— 2 January 2023

Putin enters the debate

The issue of sport is proving to be very fashionable in the Kremlin as the year passes. After Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, who has made a number of... Read more »

— 21 December 2022

Stanislav Pozdnyakov reveals his schedule

No bad surprise for Stanislav Pozdnyakov (photo above). The former fencer was re-elected on Tuesday 20 December for a new mandate as president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).... Read more »

— 19 December 2022

The date is anything but anecdotal. The two-year suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in reaction to the manipulation of data... Read more »

— 13 December 2022

On the Russian question, the United States clarifies the debate

Unexpected. On the Russian question, the decisions of the Olympic movement are essentially taken in Lausanne, but the information goes through the United States. Three days after the Olympic... Read more »

— 8 December 2022

A door is opening for Russian athletes

One issue chases another in the Olympic movement. Just yesterday, the debate revolved around the merits of the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions. Should they... Read more »

— 1 December 2022

Russia stays at the door, Kenya avoids the worst

Double standards? World Athletics has chosen to be lenient towards Kenyan athletics, which has been plagued by a succession of doping cases. The Russians, on the other hand, will... Read more »