Ombudsman to IOC: no place for neutrality when it comes to genocide
Allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the Olympics in a neutral status is an attempt to turn a blind eye to Russia's crimes in Ukraine.
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31 March 2023
29 March 2023
Poland pledges to create broad coalition to boycott Russian athletes at int’l competitions
Poland, together with international partners, will set up a broad coalition to convince the International Olympic Committee of the need to not allow Russian and Belarusian to take part in international competitions.
Over 300 fencers ask IOC, FIE to reconsider decision on Russia, Belarus
Some 318 fencers have sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Fencing Federation (FIE) asking them to reconsider allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in international competitions.
28 March 2023
IOC chief promoting move to allow Russian athletes compete at int’l events
Thomas Bach, chief of the International Olympic Committee, is defending plans to let Russian and Belarusian athletes back into competitions as neutral participants.
Ukraine, Poland, Baltic countries call on IOC to prevent Russian, Belarusian athletes from competing
As the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee is expected to meet in the next few days, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have issued a joint statement on banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from international sports competitions.
26 March 2023
Euro 2024 qualifiers: England seal 2:0 win over Ukraine at Wembley
Ukraine lost their opening away match in Group C of the Euro 2024 qualification, having conceded two goals to England and failing to score any.
25 March 2023
FM Kuleba: Putin introduces war crimes into sports
There is no way for Russian athletes to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics or any other major sporting event, as Putin has already introduced not only politics but war crimes into sports.
14 March 2023
Ukraine’s Tsurenko withdraws from match with Belarusian rival
Ukrainian tennis star Lesia Tsurenko, 33, decided not to play against the world’s second-ranked Arina Sabalenka of Belarus at a WTA’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (USA) with an $8.8 million prize fund.
13 March 2023
We must exert pressure on IOC to ban Russians, Belarusians from Olympics – Ukraine's sports minister
Pressure must be exerted on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in international competitions.
12 March 2023
Ukrainian judoka Kryzhanskyi wins gold in Rome European Open 2023
On day two of Rome European Open 2023, the Ukrainian judoka, Marat Kryzhanskyi, won a gold medal, having placed first in the -90kg category, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
11 March 2023
UK calls on Olympics sponsors to prevent return of Russians, Belarusians to international sport
The UK government has called on the Olympic Games' biggest sponsors to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee over its proposals to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete again in international sport and the Paris 2024 Games.
Usyk, Fury agree to hold unification fight - WBA
World Boxing Association (WBA) President Gilberto Mendoza has received confirmation from the teams of Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and Briton Tyson Fury that there is an agreement to hold a unification fight.
06 March 2023
Marta Kostyuk wins first career title in Austin
Ukraine's second-seeded tennis player Marta Kostyuk has won the inaugural ATX Open in Austin, the United States.
01 March 2023
Rotan appointed acting manager of Ukraine's national football team
The executive committee of the Ukrainian Association of Football has officially appointed Ruslan Rotan as acting head coach of Ukraine's national football team on the proposal of the UAF's committee of national teams.
24 February 2023
Shakhtar to take on Feyenoord in Europa League round of 16
Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk will face the Netherlands' Feyenoord in the next round of the UEFA Europa League.
22 February 2023
Sanctions against Russia, Belarus remain in place – IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated that sanctions imposed on Russian and Belarusian athletes due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine remain in force.
14 February 2023
Ukrainian football players get in brawl with Russians in Turkish hotel, defending insulted staffer
Ukraine’s FC Mynai issued an official statement on the reports of a fistfight that broke down between their players and those of Russia’s FC Shinnik in a Turkish hotel.
12 February 2023
Ukraine will do all to ban Russian, Belarusian athletes from international competitions – Guttsait
Ukraine will make every effort to prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international sports competitions.
10 February 2023
35 countries to demand Russia's suspension from 2024 Olympics
A summit of 35 countries has been held in the United Kingdom over the issue of Russia's possible participation in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Zelensky: If killings and missile strikes were Olympic sports, Russia would have taken first place
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia carries out its aggression under different colors and symbols, therefore even its possible presence at the international and Olympic Games will be an expression of lawlessness and violence.
Zelensky: If killings and missile strikes were Olympic sports, Russia would have taken first place
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia carries out its aggression under different colors and symbols, therefore even its possible presence at the international and Olympic Games will be an expression of lawlessness and violence.
05 February 2023
Representatives of terrorist state should have no place at Olympics – Zelensky
Representatives of the Russian Federation should have no place at the Olympics and international tournaments.
04 February 2023
Kuleba calls on IOC not to conceal Russian atrocities 'with white flags'
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has addressed the International Olympic Committee over the possibility of Russia and Belarus participating in the Olympics.
02 February 2023
Russia, Belarus athletes not to be admitted to III European Games in Krakow - envoy
Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to participate in the Krakow-Małopolska 2023 III European Games. This is the principled position of Poland and the Polish Olympic Committee.
29 January 2023
Greatness and shame, or Novak Djokovic's anti-Ukrainian position
This year's Australian Open winner has repeatedly been involved in high-profile scandals related to the Ukrainian-Russian war.
Ukrinform sports journalist writes open letter to IOC President Thomas Bach
Vitaliy Tkachuk, head of the Ukrinform sports department, has written an open letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach.
IOC's statement is another challenge to Ukraine on sports front
The International Olympic Committee has recently published a statement in which it assumed that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be able to take part in the 2024 Olympics.
28 January 2023
Zelensky writes letter to presidents of international sports federations over IOC decision
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on international sports federations to respond to the IOC's decision regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Olympic Games.
Kuleba on Russian athletes' participation in Olympics: IOC ready to trample on graves of thousands of people
The intention of the International Olympic Committee to allow Russian athletes to participate in the next Olympic Games speaks of its complete contempt for the deaths of innocent Ukrainians.