European lawmakers have urged the International Olympic Committee to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Games rather than keep seeking ways to let them compete as neutrals in international sport. On April 25, the 46-nation Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held a two-hour session of its panel for sports issues in Strasbourg, France. It was to help draft a future report on the question of barring the two countries’ athletes and officials from the Olympic movement because of the military invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by AP, click here.
European Lawmakers Call For Olympics Ban On Russia, Belarus
Protesters outside the International Olympic Committee's offices in Lausanne, Switzerland, call for Russia and Belarus to be banned from participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris because of Moscow's war against Ukraine. (file photo)