Police raid Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters: organising committee
Polish PM @morawieckim slams IOC recommendations on the return to international competitions for Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals. "Scandal and betrayal of the true spirit of sport" - tweeted PolandPoland PM who also ordered minister of sport to pass Poland firm objection to the IOC
Die moldauischen Behörden haben den Fans des FC Partisan Belgrad die Einreise nach Moldawien zum Spiel gegen Sherif Tiraspol untersagt
1 Jahr zuvorLyon: Ongoing violence in Place Bellecour after France lost in the FIFAWorldCup final. Police use tear gas canisters
France for tomorrow's match France - Morocco mobilizes 10,000 police and gendarmes, 5,000 of them in the Paris region
1 Jahr zuvorSupporters in the streets of Calais-Nord to celebrate Les Bleus soccer
Police used tear gas and water cannons against crowds in Brussels as violence broke out in the aftermath of Belgium's 2-0 defeat to Morocco in the FIFA World Cup
2 Jahr zuvorFIFA-Präsident Gianni Infantino hat an die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Welt appelliert, während der Weltmeisterschaft in Katar einen „vorübergehenden Waffenstillstand" für Konflikte auszurufen
2 Jahr zuvorDeath toll in Indonesia soccer disaster rises to 174
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho: .@FIFAWorldCup's proposal to rebuild sports arenas & host soccer games in Syria is likely a clear violation of the CaesarAct. It's shameful FIFA would seek to rehabilitate the Assad government. The int'l community should instead focus on accountability for Assad's atrocities
2 Jahr zuvor"It's unacceptable, and I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates," says @POTUS in statement, reacting to the prison sentence in Russia for @brittneygriner
4 people injured in explosion at cricket stadium in Kabul
Der ukrainische Botschafter in Ankara @VasylBodnar, nachdem @Fenerbahce-Fans in einem Spiel, das sie gegen Dynamo Kiyv verloren haben, „Putin." gerufen haben: „Dynamo Kyiv war gestern stärker. Es ist sehr traurig, die Worte der Unterstützung zugunsten des russischen Mörders und Angreifers zu hören der unser Land bombardiert hat
Reuters: The United States and its allies are calling on international sports federations to suspend Russia and Belarus
10 police officers were injured, 60 fans were arrested on Tuesday evening, after thousands of fans descended into Tirana from Italy and The Netherlands for the Conference League Final
2 Jahr zuvorThe National Police arrest the President of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales
Reuters: "Saudi Grand Prix would have been cancelled if there were a security threat, sports minister says"
2 Jahr zuvorA court in Moscow extended detention of US Olympic champion Brittney Griner on charges of drug smuggling
A man from Jackson, Ohio, was being treated for injuries in a Columbus hospital after an explosion at a motorsports garage, firefighters say
Russia expelled from World Cup following Ukraine invasion - FIFA
2 Jahr zuvorFIFA will ban Russia and its teams, ejecting the country from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup only weeks before it was to play for one of Europe's final places in the tournament. UEFA will join FIFA in issuing and honoring the ban
Russia Grand Prix has been cancelled, the football champions league final has been moved out of Russia AND Russia has been suspended from the Eurovision contest, says @JosepBorrellF
Possible Russia invasion of Ukraine - "I do want to be clear" per @JakeSullivan46 "It could begin during the olympics despite a lot of speculation that it would only happen after"
A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read " No War in Ukraine " to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night, a plea for peace at a time of rising tensions - @AP
US President Joe Biden said Monday at a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the two countries are "in lockstep" on confronting Russia over Ukraine
Putin met Xi Jinping in Beijing
2 Jahr zuvorPresident of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has arrived in Beijing
Poland's President Duda will present China's Xi with a "different, European perspective" on Ukraine during his trip to Beijing to attend the Winter Olympics, his office told @POLITICOEurope
2 Jahr zuvorA court in Tehran, Iran sentenced a man to 148 lashes and prison for robbing Ali Daei, a famous former Iranian soccer player. Lashes are tantamount to torture yet the government flogs political prisoners, thieves & everyone in between.
Chief of Russian Foreign Intelligence service: we have information about possible U.S. and allies campaign to discredit Olympic games in Beijing
