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Russia's sports minister on Wednesday said Moscow should not boycott the upcoming Paris Olympics despite the severe restrictions on its athletes over the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine.
Matytsin is not holding his breath for a softening in the IOC’s stance when its executive commission meets next week. Matytsin said Moscow could not give “general recommendations” to all of its athletes because “each international federation has different approaches.” Even before Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine with Belarus’s support in February, 2022, Russia’s participation in the Olympic movement was limited due to a series of state-sponsored doping scandals, denied by the Kremlin.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
A missing six-year-old's mother, who has been charged with trafficking and kidnapping, dropped her plea for bail Wednesday, in the latest twist in a case that has gripped South Africa. Police fired teargas and stun grenades as tempers flared among protesters outside the court in Vredenburg during the latest developments in the case of Joshlin…