The New York Times

Why ‘provocative’ flags – including Russia’s – at Euro 2024 could see nations face sanctions

The Serbian Football Federation (FSS) has been fined €10k by UEFA’s disciplinary committee due to flags that were displayed during their European Championship match against England on Sunday. In the ...

International Judo Federation drops ban on Russian athletes competing under their national flag

Russian athletes were forced to compete in International Judo Federation matches under a neutral banner due to the ongoing ...
Yahoo! Sports

Gloucester remove Russia flag from player’s shirt after backlash

Gloucester will remove the Russia flag from the back of Kirill Gotovtsev’s shirt for all matches moving forward and have issued an apology “for any offence this may have caused”. The inclusion of a ...
PBS

French President Macron says ‘there can’t, obviously, be a Russian flag at the Paris Games’

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said the Russian flag has no place at next year’s Paris Olympics because of the war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin’s regime in Ukraine. Russia has not ...
CNN

Russia raises its flag in Avdiivka, then presses the advantage on a vulnerable Ukraine

The Russian flag has been raised in several parts of the eastern town of Avdiivka in Donetsk, hours after Ukrainian forces beat a hasty retreat from the ruins of a town they’ve been defending for a ...

Judo: Russian athletes may compete under national flag

The measure had been imposed over Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.Since shortly after the start of Moscow's full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022, Russian judokas had only been allowed to ...