Sports bodies ask IOC to allow Russians as neutrals for 2024 Olympics / Photo: © AFP/File
-
Brewers edge Rays to capture World Series opener
-
Typhoon Champi knocks out power to thousands in Taiwan
-
France to deploy 70,000 police for fresh weekend protests
-
As Israeli election nears, campaign turns ugly
-
Tatum delivers as Celtics down winless Knicks
-
Oscar hopeful 'La Bola Negra' offers lessons about communicating, directors say
-
Romantasy fans ready for sleepless night as 'Court of Thorns and Roses' returns
-
Trapped: Soaring fuel costs hurt Maine lobster industry before midterms
-
De Goede hat-trick as Canada defeat England again
-
Marc Marquez beats brother Alex to Australian MotoGP pole
-
Rubio urges Cubans to work with CIA, but warns: be discreet
-
Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo
-
Leclerc tops times for Ferrari in practice for US Grand Prix
-
Travelling man Wade equals Prem try record
-
Lula, Bolsonaro lock horns in final debate before Brazil vote
-
Rescuers search for seven people in Nairobi building collapse
-
Poulter and Hatton leave LIV Golf
-
Sacha Baron Cohen revives the 'problematic dinosaur' Ali G in new film
-
Blakely vaults out of the shadow of Biles for all-around world title
-
New race in Barcelona tops 17-event '27 IndyCar season
-
Oil tops $116 with stocks mixed on earnings, AI
-
Neymar backs Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election
-
Trump orders lawsuit to block Alaska Senate result if Republicans lose
-
Melania Trump says she brokered truce in war-torn Ukrainian city
-
Ebola patient in Nigeria is Swiss, had not visited DR Congo: Bern
-
Leclerc tops times for Ferrari in opening practice for US Grand Prix
-
Messi receives top Spanish award from heir to throne
-
Bayern Munich coach Kompany in hospital after collapsing
-
Macron condemns 'racist terrorist attack' after deadly shooting near Paris
-
Signs point to renewed major US military ops against Iran
-
Shiffrin sidesteps slalom in 'exploration' season
-
European, Mideast foreign ministers push peace and diplomacy at Istanbul talks
-
Bayern Munich coach Kompany in hospital after collapsing: club
-
Ex-All Black centre Williams undergoes 'miracle' heart surgery
-
Alonso sees Courtois similarities in Chelsea's Penders
-
Netanyahu launches major West Bank operation after Israeli soldiers killed
-
Melania Trump announces truce in Ukrainian city 'on brink of disaster'
-
AFP photographer captures striking images from West Bank attack
-
Saka to be carefully managed after latest injury setback, says Arteta
-
Oil hits $116 with stocks mixed on earnings, AI
-
Goodell says NFL's France debut 'just the beginning'
-
De Zerbi says Tottenham's dire record at Chelsea 'more motivation'
-
Singapore widens haze probe to local firms linked to Indonesian fires
-
Lula, Bolsonaro in final debate showdown before Brazil vote
-
Hundreds of Syrians protest repeated Israeli incursions
-
Poulter latest golfer to leave LIV
-
El Salvador sends troops to Haiti to find 4 missing soldiers
-
Gunman kills one, wounds five in town outside Paris
-
Liverpool must go 'full gas' despite injury issues, says Iraola
-
Melania Trump says secured ceasefire in Ukrainian city of Oleshky
Sports bodies ask IOC to allow Russians as neutrals for 2024 Olympics
Representatives of international sports federations and national Olympic committees on Tuesday called for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be admitted under a neutral flag for the 2024 Games in Paris "as soon as possible".
During the Olympic summit in Lausanne, athlete representatives also asked for "clarity" on the issue, according to a statement published after the meeting.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) still has to make a final ruling on whether athletes from Russia and Belarus, a key ally for Moscow in its offensive on Ukraine, will be permitted to compete next summer.
The IOC has repeated its stance that a decision will be taken "at the appropriate time".
Athletes from the two countries have faced sanctions from a multitude of sports since Russia launched its assault on Ukraine in February of 2022.
However, over the past year a number of Olympic sports have eased restrictions, allowing them to return to competition under certain conditions.
In March, the IOC lifted an outright ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, allowing them to compete as neutral athletes provided they did not support the Ukraine conflict and had no ties to the military.
The IOC on Tuesday "confirmed that the participation of such AINs (individual neutral athletes) in the Olympic Games could happen only under the existing strict conditions".
"Neither the qualification system developed by the respective International Federations nor the number of allocated quota places to a sport will be changed for AINs with a Russian or Belarusian passport," it added.
The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) on October 12 for violating the territorial integrity of the membership of Ukraine by recognising illegally annexed territories.
ROC has recognised regional organisations from four Ukrainian territories annexed since Russia's invasion began in 2022.
Russia's Olympic body last month launched an appeal against its suspension by the IOC at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In September, officials voted to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Paralympics under a neutral flag after deciding against an outright ban.
T.Ziegler--VB
