russia has enjoyed medal success in this event but today the most powerful man in the paralympic movement told me their athletes may not be welcome, with a meeting to decide on their participation tomorrow. any decision that we take, we know that it is open to legal challenge from different sides and this is what we need to be very careful about, because from different sides, it could be from russia, it could be from other nations, so that is why we need to make the decision, that is based on our constitution so we can of course, if challenged, we can defend it. the international olympic committee, whose games vladimir putin has used to project russian power in recent years, yesterday urged all sports to exclude the country s athletes from global competitions, but acknowledged that at short notice, legal issues may prevent such a move at the paralympics. are you concerned, mr president, that if russians are allowed to compete, then you could be faced with a situation where athletes fro
premier league match. that stat prompted some jokes at his expense from fans, but his manager says it s time to get behind their £90 million man. it can be like this and it s of course not what we want and of course not what romelu wants but it s also not like. it s not the time to laugh about him and make jokes about him. he is in the spotlight, of course, and we will protect him because he s our player. well, the final of this year s champions league is due to be held in st petersburg. uefa say there are no plans to switch that as things stand. european football s governing body say they re closely monitoring the ongoing situation in ukraine, with a view to making a contingency plan if needed. the final s due to be played in the russian city on may 28th. and we had a long wait for medal success
committee is meeting tomorrow to discuss how it should respond to russia s invasion of ukraine. but the ipc have just confirmed that the full ukraine team of 20 paralympic athletes and nine guides will fly to beijing to compete. here s our sports editor, dan roan. with just three days to go until the paralympics, the venues are ready but there is still uncertainty about who exactly will be competing in beijing. russia has enjoyed medal success in this event but today the most powerful man in the paralympic movement told me their athletes may not be welcome, with a meeting to decide on their participation tomorrow. any decision that we take, we know that it is open to legal challenge from different sides and this is what we need to be very careful about, because from different sides, it could be from russia, it could be from other nations, so that is why we need to make the decision, that is based on our constitution so we can of course, if challenged, we can defend it.
here s our sports editor dan roan. with just three days to go until the paralympics, the venues are ready, but there s still uncertainty over who exactly will be competing in beijing. russia has enjoyed medal success in this event, but today, the most powerful man in the paralympic movement told me their athletes may not be welcome, with a meeting to decide on their participation tomorrow. any decision that we take, we know that it s open to legal challenge from different sides, and then this is what we need to be very careful about. because from different sides, it could be from russia, it could be from other nations, so that s why we need to make the decision that we can that is based on our constitution so we can of course, if challenged, we can defend it. the international olympic committee, whose games vladimir putin has used to project russian power in recent years, yesterday urged all sports to exclude the country s athletes from global competitions, but acknowledged that at sho