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/ Go to the mediabankOlympic Park in Pyeongchang / Go to the mediabankInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – The conditions put forth by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Russian athletes in order to be allowed to participate the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are impossible to fulfill, head of the Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov told Sputnik on […]
FIFA logoInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – FIFA has appointed the first woman from Saudi Arabia, Anoud Al-Asmari, as an international football referee, an Arabic news television channel reported on Saturday. This appointment happened less than a year after the first ever match of Saudi Arabia’s women’s football team, which was created in 2019. In December, the kingdom […]
/ Go to the mediabankNorway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo / Go to the mediabankInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – Norwegian skier Johannes Klaebo has broken record of Russians Sergey Ustiugov and Alexander Bolshunov for number of consecutive victories on one Tour de Ski event of the World Cup. On Saturday, the Norwegian won the Classic Style 15 km (9.3 miles) […]
In this file photo dated Thursday, May 13, 2021, Real Madrid’s head coach Zinedine Zidane gestures during the Spanish La Liga soccer match against Granada at Los Carmenes stadium in Granada, Spain.InternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – Prominent French football manager and former player Zinedine Zidane has rejected an offer to become a new coach of the US […]
Dortmund’s Youssoufa Moukoko runs during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Germany is taking 17-year-old striker Youssoufa Moukoko to the World Cup, Coach Hansi Flick named his 26-man squad for Qatar on Thursday, rewarding Moukoko for scoring six goals and setting up four […]
Efe Ajagba, of Nigeria, stands in the ring before fighting Frank Sanchez, of Cuba, in a heavyweight title boxing match Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Las VegasInternationalIndiaAfricaWhen Efe Ajagba was an amateur in boxing, he won a gold medal at the 2015 African Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.Nigerian heavyweight boxer Efe Ajagba […]
Brazil’s Alex Pereira, right, fights Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya during the third round of a middleweight bout title bout in the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in New York.InternationalIndiaAfricaMuhammad Nooh OsmanWriter/EditorLongreadThis weekend, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 283 event is set to take place on the night of January 21 at […]
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, front left, celebrates with Liverpool’s Sadio Mane after scoring his side’s opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Sheffield United at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020InternationalIndiaAfricaLongreadOne of the outstanding features of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was the success of Morocco, which […]
/ Go to the mediabankXXXI Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro opening ceremony / Go to the mediabankInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – UN human rights experts on Wednesday commended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for considering allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international sports competitions as neutral athletes and urged the IOC to ensure their […]
A picture taken at the French national anti-doping laboratory, on June 23 2008 in Chatenay-Malabry, outside Paris, shows a waste bin with test tubes used for blood samples, gloves and syringesInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian and Belarusian athletes will have to take individual doping tests to be allowed to participate in sports competitions, the International Olympic […]
