 | Olympic sports leaders meet amid uncertainty over Russians competing at 2024 Paris GamesThe International Olympic Committee in March advised that some Russians and Belarusians could return in individual events but not team sports, if they had not actively supported the war in Ukraine |
 | Russia sending nuclear arms to Belarus in Ukraine fightBelarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has allowed his territory, which borders Ukraine as well as Poland and Lithuania, to serve as a staging ground for Russia's Ukraine offensive. |
 | Wimbledon to house Ukraine's players, fund relief effortsClub chairman Ian Hewitt and club chief executive Sally Bolton said Wimbledon will not be broadcast in Russia or Belarus, and their media will not be allowed at the tournament this year. |
 | Triathlon greenlights return of Russian athletes to competitionThe board also approved "the lifting of the suspension applied to the countries' participation in World Triathlon events at the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine." |
 | Poland scraps fencing event because of Russian participationAfter the decision to allow Russians back, more than 300 fencers signed a letter of protest and the organizers of another World Cup event in Germany withdrew as hosts. |
 | Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutralsThe players must sign declarations of neutrality and comply with "appropriate conditions," including not expressing support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
 | Why does Russia want tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus?Putin emphasized that Russia will retain control over any nuclear weapons deployed to Belarus, just like the U.S. controls its tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its NATO allies. |
 | Ukraine war: Putin says Moscow will station tactical nukes in BelarusPutin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of the United States. |
 | Britain lobbies Olympic sponsors over IOC’s Russia stanceMost Olympic sports have excluded athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus since shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. |
 | Belarus sentences Nobel laureate Bialiatski to 10 years in jailThe sentence handed to Bialiatski and his colleagues elicited outrage in the West. |
 | 2020: How world rocked by COVID-19, US elections and Black Lives MatterWhile COVID-19 has killed 1.7 milion people, the Black Lives Matter movement leads to a major debate about race and the toppling of statues of figures linked to slavery or colonisation. |
