Latvian Basketball Association (LBS) President Raimonds Vējonis has
denied interest in ousting Žoržs Tikmers as head of the Latvian
Olympic Committee, although has called on him to resign.
Latvian Olympic Committee President Žoržs Tikmers has rejected
accusations of a conflict of interest relating to companies selected
as suppliers, claiming he is the subject of a "defamation campaign"
led by the Latvian Basketball Association.
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Gunilla Lindberg has suspended her membership of the International
Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter
Games due to her native Sweden's interest in staging the 2030 edition.
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (pictured) is openly supportive of Ukraine. He said yesterday that if Latvia had combative aircraft or tanks, he would be giving them to Ukraine.