FIBA is banning Russia's men's basketball team from competing in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over the war in Ukraine.
FYI, it's not that the Russian women have been granted permission . they already missed out on qualifying due to their team being suspended over the war.Ultimately, 12 teams will make the Olympic tourney and compete for gold .
FYI, it's not that the Russian women have been granted permission ... they already missed out on qualifying due to their team being suspended over the war.Ultimately, 12 teams will make the Olympic tourney and compete for gold ... but Russia won't be one of those teams.Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Russia Excluded From Men's Basketball at 2024 Olympics🏀 Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men's Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year, basketball's international governing body FIBA said. SummerOlympics
Read more »
Live blog: Ukraine claims finding more Chinese components in Russian armsUkrainian forces are finding a growing number of components from China in Russian weapons used in Ukraine, a senior adviser in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office says Follow our live coverage👇
Read more »
What are the deals on Ukraine, Russia grain exports?The extension of a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain and fertilizers beyond May 18 hangs in the balance after Russia issued a list of demands linked to a related agreement on its own such exports.
Read more »
Putin critic jailed in Russian treason case for 25 yearsOutspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for a quarter of a century by a Moscow court, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine, after it found him guilty of treason and other offences he denied
Read more »
Russia Claims Seven ‘British Mercenaries’ Killed in UkraineRussia’s Defense Ministry claimed that its fighters had killed “seven British mercenaries” during the capture of a Ukrainian military stronghold.
Read more »
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin critic sentenced to 25 yearsA Moscow court has sentenced one of Russia's best-known opposition leaders, whose family live in the U.S., to 25 years in prison in what is widely seen a show trial.
Read more »