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Zinchenko says Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from top level sport

[ad_1] Arsenal star Oleksandr Zinchenko says Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from high-level sport amid the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion in February 2022 sparked worldwide outrage with the national football team being banned from official UEFA competition, while athletes across other sports were also sanctioned. 2 However, Russian and Belarusian athletes will […]

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Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears ostracism over her activism as she challenges Russian chief of game’s governing body | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy prime minister, over her choice of clothing at a tournament in October. Back in 2020, Bayat was criticized in Iran for not wearing the appropriate headscarf at […]

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