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World Aquatics, the International Wrestling Federation and several other organizations have lifted restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus — they will now compete under their own flags. Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports qualifies this as a betrayal of the Olympic Charter; the Ukrainian water polo team has already received a technical loss for refusing to play against Russians.

26 days ago
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On March 17 it marked the 50th anniversary of Dynamo Kyiv's defeat by French side Saint-Étienne in the European Cup quarterfinal during the team's difficult 1976 season. Over the past half-century, the subject of Dynamo Kyiv's unsuccessful performances that season has been covered repeatedly, but, unfortunately, mostly inaccurately.

3 months ago