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Russia Banned from Women’s European Championship and 2023 World Cup

Russia was expelled from the European women’s soccer championship this summer and banned from participating in the 2023 Women’s World Cup on Monday, deepening the sporting isolation from the country’s invasion of Ukraine. UEFA, the governing body of European football, announced its decisions on Monday. In addition to banning the Russian team from the two …

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Russia Banned from Women’s European Championship and 2023 World Cup

Russia was expelled from the European women’s soccer championship this summer and banned from participating in the 2023 Women’s World Cup on Monday, deepening the sporting isolation from the country’s invasion of Ukraine. UEFA, the governing body of European football, announced its decisions on Monday. In addition to banning the Russian team from the two …

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How A First Graphic Moment Was The Most Banned Book In The Country

It had been relatively easy to come out as bisexual in high school: Maia Kobabe lived in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area and had supportive classmates and parents. But coming up with non-binary years later in 2016 was much more complicated, Kobabe said. She available words could not describe the experience. “This language didn’t …

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Bob Baffert May Be Banned For Two Years From New York Trails

Horse trainer Bob Baffert should be banned from New York State racetracks for two years for engaging in conduct harmful to thoroughbred racing, according to a recommendation issued Wednesday by a trial official. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension by Kentucky regulators after Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first at last year’s Kentucky …

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Russia’s Star Skater Tests Positive for a Banned Substance

The 15-year-old star of Russia’s figure skating team who strengthened the victory team in figure skating competition He tested positive for a banned substance at a national event leading up to the Games, potentially throwing the team’s gold medal into doubt. Figure skater Kamila Valieva was found to be taking trimetazidine, a heart drug that …

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Alberto Salazar, Coach and Champion Runner, Banned from Sport for Life

Distance running trainer Alberto Salazar was declared permanently ineligible by the US SafeSport Center on Wednesday, completing the dramatic fall of the sport’s most famous trainer, long backed financially by Nike. Salazar, 63, will not be allowed to participate in any event organized by or under the auspices of the United States Olympic and Paralympic …

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High School Students Banned From Hockey Games After Roughly Teasing

The entire student body of a Pennsylvania middle school was banned from attending classmates’ hockey games after some students said sexually explicit words to the team’s only female player, the visiting team’s goalie. During a hockey game between the Armstrong River Hawks and the Mars Fighting Planets last week, a number of Armstrong Middle School …

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