10 h. ago Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says

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3 d. ago Cycling team Israel Premier Tech rebrands and drops national identity

Cycling team Israel Premier Tech has announced it is changing its name and moving away from its national identity

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2 w. ago The consensus is clear: it’s genocide. Now will international law die in Gaza too? | Raji Sourani

There is a UN convention for exactly this kind of horror: the convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will the world act on it?Raji Sourani is the coordinator of the Palestinian legal team at the international criminal court (ICC)Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. That is the conclusion of a UN commission report. Since the release of the report last week, Palestine has finally been recognised as an independent state by the UK and a number of other countries. In his announcement at the weekend, Keir Starmer called the death and destruction in Gaza “utterly intolerable”. This recognition comes too late and is still conditional, but has the UK government indeed now stopped tolerating Israel’s devastation of Gaza? Has anything changed for the people there who are being starved and bombed? Far from it.Even as the UN publishes the findings of its independent commission, and a flag is raised outside the Palestinian mission in ...

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3 w. ago Vuelta chaos shows selling sport as a tool for peace can create its own battlefield | Jonathan Liew

Once teams promote a country, are owned by states or have to reflect government policy, sport becomes a playground for powerHigh fives all round at Hamas high command. The triumphant clink of Gaza Cola tins pings across the bunker. It’s been a tough week for the lads, what with five of their members being killed in the Doha airstrike, but you’ve got to celebrate the little victories, yeah? And as they use what remains of their fragile satellite internet connection to refresh the Cyclingnews live blog for the final time, the Hamas Grand Tour Disruption Division (Vuelta Branch) can toast an operation executed to perfection: the successful mobilisation of more than 100,000 members of the Madrid battalion to force the curtailment of stage 21 of the Tour of Spain.“They asked us to quit the Vuelta, but we did not surrender to the terrorists,” said Sylvan Adams, co‑owner of the Israel-Premier Tech team targeted by mass protests that disrupted several stages. O...

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3 w. ago Protesters brought the Vuelta to its knees and could change cycling forever

Pro-Palestine protests over an Israeli team at the Vuelta cut short stages, endangered riders, and forced an early end to the Spanish grand tour. Flo Clifford explores how the mass demonstrations could have far-reaching consequences for the world’s most accessible sport

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3 w. ago Spain’s PM calls for Israel to be banned from sports events after Gaza protests force end to Vuelta race

Speaking after Gaza protesters forced early end to cycle race, Pedro Sánchez says Israel should not be allowed to use sports to ‘whitewash’ its ‘barbarism’Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called for Israel to be barred from international sports competitions for as long as its “barbarism” in Gaza continues, saying the country should not be allowed to use high-profile events to “whitewash” its offensive.Speaking a day after pro-Palestinian demonstrators forced a premature end to the Vuelta a España cycle race amid chaotic scenes and clashes with police, Sánchez said he had “a deep admiration” for all those who had protested peacefully against the participation of the Israel-Premier Tech team. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Political row erupts in Spain after Vuelta cycle race abandoned amid Gaza protests

PM Pedro Sánchez accused of ‘embarrassing’ Spain after praising protesters who forced final stage to be abandonedThe premature and chaotic end of the Vuelta a España cycle race has triggered a bitter political row in Spain, with opposition politicians accusing the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, of causing the country “international embarrassment” by encouraging pro-Palestinian demonstrators to disrupt the event.The race’s final stage was abandoned after groups protesting against the participation of the Israel-Premier Tech team swamped the finish line area and presentation podium in central Madrid on Sunday night. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee offers promising health update on kidney disease

Exclusive: Lee, 22, spoke to ‘The Independent’ about her health and shared advice for fellow gymnast Jordan Chiles as she prepares to compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

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