The Russian sports minister said Saturday that Ukraine's call to ban Russian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics, which gathered support from several countries, was "unacceptable."
The Russian sports minister said Saturday that Ukraine's call to ban Russian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics, which gathered support from several countries, was "unacceptable."
"We see a blatant desire to destroy the unity of international sport and the international Olympic movement." IOC president Thomas Bach has described Ukraine's calls for a boycott of the Games as contrary to the "principles we stand for."
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