Paris, France, Aug 10, 2026 (AFP) - Russia launches new challenge to World Athletics sanctions

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2026-08-10

Russia's athletics federation said Monday it had lodged a new claim at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge the sanctions imposed by World Athletics. The global body for track and field announced in July it was keeping in place a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes that was imposed in March 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian federation, Russian Athletics, claims the sanctions are "selective and politicised". "T......

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