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Russian athletes who disavow their country’s war in Ukraine and meet other “strict conditions” might be able to compete in the Paris Olympics. Read about it here.

The International Olympic Committee has claimed "the vast majority of participants" in consultation calls want a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international sport, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted they "should have no place at the Olympic Games".

Russian athletes have been offered the opportunity to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics through competition organised by the Asian Table Tennis Union, it has been claimed.

The stance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) remains unchanged regarding Russia’s international participation including Moscow’s initiative to set up a working group on cooperation with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the IOC press office said in a statement to TASS on Tuesday

The renewed aspiration of the International Olympic Committee for maintaining "universality" with ideological integration at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games - embracing drug-free athletes from Russia and Belarus uninvolved in Ukraine atrocities - could be spectacularly counter-productive.

Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov claimed that the "artificially created conditions" to exclude athletes from the country from international competitions and change their citizenship failed to bear fruit, during his end of year message.

Association of National Olympic Committees President Robin Mitchell has declared 2022 "a year that has brought us moments of great joy and achievement as well as some significant challenges" in his New Year message.

Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov and figure skater Anna Shcherbakova have been named the Russian Olympic Committee's best athletes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at a ceremony in Moscow.

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus President Viktor Lukashenko has met with Russian Judo Federation counterpart Sergei Soloveichik to discuss the development of the sport in both countries.

The Russian Football Union Executive Committee has postponed its decision on whether it will transfer from UEFA to the Asian Football Confederation until December 27.