The Russian national side has remained suspended from most major international competitions since last year
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The government of Cameroon has withdrawn the five-time African champions from a planned friendly game against Russia in Moscow, Sport Express reported on Tuesday.
The fixture was due to take place on June 15 at Moscow’s 76,000-capacity Luzhniki…
The C-130 landed safely with no injuries to personnel, officials in Ankara have said
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A Turkish plane attempting to evacuate citizens from Sudan’s capital Khartoum was shot at on Friday, amid ongoing fighting despite the extension of a 72-hour ceasefire to permit humanitarian access.
The Turkish Defense Ministry said “light weapons were fired” at a C-130 evacuation…
World Rugby has said it is “satisfied” the club’s participation in the Mzansi Challenge posed a legitimate security threat
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The global governing body for rugby has concluded that a decision made by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to disinvite an Israeli team, Tel Aviv Heat, from an international competition last month was not discriminatory, but justified by…
Zenit Saint Petersburg player Claudinho was granted Russian citizenship two months ago
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Brazilian-born football star Claudinho, who has represented Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Russian Premier League since 2021, has ruled out playing for the Russian national team and says that he will instead await an approach from the country of his birth, according to RT News.
The…
Negotiations are ongoing about holding friendly matches with teams from the continent, RFU chief Maksim Mitrofanov has said
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The Russian Football Union (RFU) has made contact with a number of major African teams about holding friendly matches this year, RFU Secretary General Maksim Mitrofanov said in an interview published on Saturday.
The RFU is “negotiating with…
It was found that Oscar Pistorius has not yet completed the minimum period of detention required by law
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Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee and former Paralympic athlete given the moniker ‘Blade Runner’ due to his carbon-fiber prostheses, has been denied parole by a court in his native South Africa ten years after he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at…
The continent’s Olympic committees voted unanimously to include Russians and Belarusians in next year’s games
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Africa’s national Olympic committees have agreed to support the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in next year’s Olympic Games in Paris. While the two nations were sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last year, the…
