Search results
Olympic refugee team runner Dominic Lokolong Atiol tests positive for doping ahead of Paris Games
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA second runner on the Olympic refugee team has been implicated in doping while preparing for the...
Refugee Olympic team awarded prestigious Spanish prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Olympic Refugee Foundation and the refugee Olympics team are the winners of this year’s Princess...
Refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba has ‘overcome obstacles’ to pursue Team GB dreams
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoRefugee boxer Cindy Ngamba believes she has had to “work harder” than others to pursue her dreams of...
Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes’ commission
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoAllyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission on Thursday. Felix is...
Nike Partners With Olympic Refuge Foundation
Footwear News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNike is partnering with the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF), which looks to empower displaced people and provide them access to sports. Through this...
Olympic leader Bach explains policy on helping Russians compete to Ukrainians at world athlete event
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoComparing the plight of Ukrainian athletes with those in another war-ravaged country Yemen, IOC...
Anything Is Possible Through Sport
ACCESSWIRE via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoOn 28 October, the Olympic Refuge Foundation and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team will be honoured with the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports at a...
Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOlympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after...
Column: Haudenosaunee deserves a lacrosse team of its own at the 2028 Olympics
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months ago“Our gift to the world,” says Rex Lyons, a former Haudenosaunee player and now the program's biggest...
'The world knows us.' South Sudanese cheer their basketball team's rise and Olympic qualification
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBasketball has united the South Sudanese. The country, which gained its independence just 12 years...
