The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been forced to cut its staff by 25 per cent as the results of sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine last year by Vladimir Putin, its President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has revealed.

The fact that we have not received an invitation to Paris 2024 does not add joy."

staff are struggling for motivation ©ROCThe country’s participation at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris

Guatemala, currently suspended by the IOC due to governance issues, were the only countries not invited to Paris

Olympic synchronised swimming champion Anastasia Davydova quit her job as secretary general at the ROC in protest

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has launched a campaign to protest against predicted Government

cuts to funding sport before Paris 2024.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved an appeal to foreign Governments proposing a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes entering their territory.

prevent Russians and Belarusians from participating in international sports competitions.This comes in protest

Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by the IOC if

Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) President Mikhail Ilyashev has called for the technical delegate at the centre of the handshake controversy to resign over claims that he was influenced by Russia to disqualify Olha Kharlan at the Fencing World Championships.

Kharlan was "in keeping with the Olympic spirit".Although Kharlan has also been assured of a place at Paris

case he acted in his capacity as head of DT of the competitions, during making his decision on the protest

ImagesAfter Kharlan held out her sabre instead of shaking Smirnova’s hand, the Russian fencer launched a protest

My reply was that I just need the protocol as we would like to file the protest and challenge the decision

I also asked to suspend the decision for the period of consideration of our protest and he denied."

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has eased its rules on a post-match greeting between athletes removing the requirement for a handshake after the controversy surrounding the disqualification of Ukraine's Olha Kharlan.

between fencers from the two countries since the Ukrainian Government allowed its athletes to compete in Paris

2024 Olympics qualifiers against Russian and Belarusian neutral athletes.Smirnova launched a protest

an outcry, and the IOC yesterday took the unprecedented step of assuring Kharlan of a place at the Paris

Ukraine's Olha Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympics by the

Championships in Milan, and came after Ukraine's Government lifted a ban on its athletes competing in Paris

International Olympic Committee will allocate an additional quota place to you for the Olympic Games Paris

official Katsiadakis a touch of the sabre would suffice instead of a handshake, but Smirnova launched a protest

yesterday welcomed the Ukrainian Government's decision to allow athletes to compete in qualifiers for Paris

There was anger at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, where Ukraine's four-time Olympic medallist Olha Kharlan was removed from the women's sabre competition after refusing a handshake with Russian opponent Anna Smirnova.

and a Russian individual neutral athlete at the FIE Fencing World Championships.Smirnova launched a protest

Government had decreed its athletes could not compete against Russian and Belarusian participants in Paris

A week from now the International University Sport Federation (FISU) World University Summer Games are set to begin in Chinese city Chengdu.

take part.The first officially recognised International University Sports Championships were held in Paris

sport.Although attempts had been made before the First World War, the 1923 University Championships in Paris

International Olympic Committee (IOC) rejection of a bid by Rome to stage the Olympics and partly in protest

problem.Nonetheless France had a burgeoning student sports movement with Jean Petitjean of the Paris

nbsp;Le Monde Illustre.In March 1923, an International University Sports championship to be held in Paris

German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) President Alfons Hölzl has called for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to retain their ban on competitors from Russia and Belarus when the FIG Executive Committee meets in Lausanne tomorrow. 

postpone a decision on any re-admission until this week, which could determine their participation at the Paris

Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Ukraine boycotted the FIG Congress in Istanbul in protest

The first test event for next year's Olympic Games has begun with an international sailing competition in the southern French city of Marseille.

event which began yesterday, just 18 more participants than the 330 set to feature in sailing during Paris

2024.The test not event is not a complete carbon copy of what is expected during Paris 2024 as there

Paris 2024 is 95 per cent ready on the water and over 80 per cent complete on land, surpassing previous

perimeter exclusion zone to be established, and members of the Nageurs du Prado Collective group staged a protest

2024 is "an excessive undertaking".The protest included banners which read "no to the closure of beaches

If anyone was still in doubt about the fact that politics and sport do mix - however much International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach might like to think otherwise - the actuality was laid out in steadfast fashion in Kraków yesterday.

and Belarus' card by saying that their athletes will not be eligible to compete in team events at the Paris

If the IOC does decide to allow "neutral" Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at Paris 2024, after

Olympics of 1980 that were boycotted by 65 countries and partially boycotted by a number of others in protest

nothing to do with them.The hard truth is, however, that if Russia and Belarus are kept from competing in Paris

It is permissible to protest, but this is not the way to do it," Warholm told Norwegian broadcaster NRK

All Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials have been banned by the European Fencing Confederation (EFC).

country recently hosted the European Championships in Plovdiv which counted towards qualification for the Paris

2024 Olympic Games and featured Russia and Belarus.The EFC ruling is seen as a protest against the FIE

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay have insisted that the experience gained during the

Dernière Rénovation brought the Tour de France to a temporary halt and other groups have used the race to protest

lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Flame in Ancient Olympia.Demonstrators scaled the Eiffel Tower to protest

against human rights abuses in China when the Olympic Flame last visited Paris in 2008 ©Getty ImagesThe

last time the Olympic Flame was on French soil was for the global Relay to the Beijing 2008 Games when Paris

There are people that will what certainly use the Relay to explain their protest," Murac conceded."

Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board are set to meet with a little more than a year to go until Paris

to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the IOC’s decision.Boxing is set to keep its place for Paris

demonstrators against the French Government’s pension reforms protested outside the headquarters of Paris

2024 earlier this month.The protest took place on June 6 during the latest visit of the IOC Coordination

Commission for Paris 2024.Estanguet said it was a "shame" that the Games were being used for political

and Belarus have started to compete on the global stage again while Ukraine has boycotted events in protest

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has insisted that the city is "on schedule and on budget" for next year's Olympics

I believe the Games will be a motor and an accelerator of the ecological transformation of Paris."

the Games.An express railway station at St Denis is one of the projects under construction for the Paris

opposition," Hidalgo retorted.Her radio appearance came as the IOC Coordination Commission visited Paris

warned that "there is a lot of work to prepare for the Games".The IOC visit coincided with a day of protest

2024 and shouted protest slogans and waved flares.The Olympic Games are scheduled to open on July 26