But Russia remains banned by the International Olympic Committee for claiming athletes in seized Ukrainian territories as its own. With just 13 months before the start of the Olympics and ...

Team Russia's participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics, set to be held in Milan-Cortina, remains uncertain. Russian athletes have been banned from international events since early 2022 ...

This ruling specifically excluded Belarus from the August 2024 qualifiers for the 2026 Olympics ... bans on athletes from both countries. In March 2023, the IOC suggested allowing individual ...

The International Ice Hockey Federation imposed the ban following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ... then the NHL has to agree to let us go (to the Olympics)," he said. "And then they have ...