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The Olympic rings at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower after Paris clinched the event.

IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from Olympics ceremony in Paris

Athletes who were approved to compete at the Olympics under a neutral flag can only “experience the event” – likely watching from near the river.

  • Graham Dunbar

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A general view of tennis fans at Rod Laver Arena watching the men's singles semifinal match between Lucas Pouille of France and Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 25 January 2019. (AAP Image/Lynn Bobo) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Israeli, Palestinian flags won’t fly at Australian Open

Spectators won’t be permitted to display the flags, but organisers are at pains to note they are not technically banned.

  • Annika Smethurst
The Olympic rings outside the Paris City Hall earlier this year.

Individual Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete in Paris: IOC

Ukraine has bitterly opposed the presence of Russian competitors, even as neutrals, in Paris.

  • Karolos Grohmann
Russian-Belarus military drills at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus on Saturday.

Poland says two Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace

Warsaw authorities said it would increase Poland’s military presence along the border in response. They also summoned Belarus’ top diplomat in protest.

  • Vanessa Gera
Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company near Tsel village, about 90 kilometres southeast of Minsk, Belarus.

Thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus: monitoring group

Prigozhin registered a “real estate management company” in Belarus last week under the name Concord Management and Consulting in Belarus.

  • Yuras Karmanau
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company.

‘Welcome, guys!’ Prigozhin reappears in public as MI6 reveals ‘deep fractures’ in Russian elite

In a rare public outing, the head of MI6 said Prigozhin’s mutiny was difficult for UK intelligence “to try and interpret”.

  • Latika Bourke
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A Belarusian service member closes the gates of a disused base housing a tent camp set up for Wagner but unoccupied.

Poland moves troops to border, NATO turns summit into fortress but Wagner base empty

Concerns are growing that the presence of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus could destablise the region, but Belarus says the rebels have yet to arrive.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group military company, sits inside a military vehicle in Rostov-on-Don.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, president of Belarus says

Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops were expected to move to Belarus following his aborted mutiny on June 24.

Andrey Rublev plays a backhand against Australia’s Max Purcell on Monday.

‘I’m for peace’: Russian players back Ukrainians’ special treatment at Wimbledon

Russia’s Andrey Rublev is one of the few high-profile Russians who have spoken out against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

  • Rob Harris
Aryna Sabalenka powers her way into the French Open semi-finals.

War of words over Ukraine after Svitolina refuses to shake Sabalenka’s hand

The most heated exchanges involving Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka were off the court at Roland-Garros on Tuesday.

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