Russian national basketball team banned from participation in Olympics

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The International Basketball Federation [FIBA] announced that the Russian men's basketball team will not be allowed to participate in the pre-qualification tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Quote: "Following the IOC recommendations on the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions published on 28 March, the FIBA Executive Committee decided not to allow the registration of the Russian men's team in Olympic pre-qualification tournaments."

Details: It is reported that the Russian team was replaced with Bulgaria.

Earlier, FIBA suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from participating in competitions under the auspices of the organisation.

Additionally, the Russian Federation and Belarus are deprived of the right to host any competitions under the auspices of FIBA.

Earlier: On 17 April, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine published a list of athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus who supported the war started by Russia.

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Soggy-Market-3800 on April 18th, 2023 at 19:14 UTC »

They’ve already been banned the last several Olympics, they still let the athletes compete as individuals with no country so it’s not really much of a punishment.

Ok_Advertising_1026 on April 18th, 2023 at 17:44 UTC »

Good. Fuck Russia

der_titan on April 18th, 2023 at 16:10 UTC »

This is expected; the IOC recommends allowing individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete as neutrals, but to disallow them from competing in team sports.