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The possible return of Russia to the Olympic fold is one of the big challenges facing new IOC chief Kirsty Coventry

Coventry's Mettle Tested By Russian Olympic Debate, Say Former IOC Figures

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is in the spotlight on how she handles her "baptism of fire" over Russia, former IOC executives have told AFP. With just six months to go to the opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games the odds are that Russian athletes -- normally a Winter Games superpower -- will have to compete under a neutral banner, owing to the country breaching the Olympic Charter.
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Adidas took a hit from US tariffs in the second quarter

Adidas Reports Hit From US Tariffs

German sportswear giant Adidas said Wednesday it took a hit from US tariffs in the second quarter but did not indicate whether it would pass on rising costs to consumers.
Mayor Eric Adams said on X that an officer had been 'struck down' and expressed his 'deepest sympathies' to the family of the officer

New York Mass Shooter Blamed NFL For His Brain Injuries

A man who killed four people, then committed suicide in a New York skyscraper, may have been targeting the NFL offices there because he blamed the American football league for brain injuries he said he suffered, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from former friend Jeffrey Epstein

Trump And Epstein: What Was Their Relationship?

Donald Trump's past ties with Jeffrey Epstein are under scrutiny after the US president slammed a Wall Street Journal report that he sent a lewd letter to the infamous sex offender as "fake news."

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