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Kamila Valieva: Figure skater could not have achieved ‘perfection’ while doping, says Vladimir Putin

By Mitchell McCluskey and Issy Ronald, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended teenager figure skater Kamila Valieva, arguing it would be impossible to achieve “perfection” while using banned substances. “It is utterly impossible to achieve such perfection using unfair methods, with the help of additional substances and manipulations,” the Russian president said on Tuesday.

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Kamila Valieva: Figure skater could not have achieved ‘perfection’ while doping, says Vladimir Putin

CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Issy Ronald, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended teenager figure skater Kamila Valieva, arguing it would be impossible to achieve “perfection” while using banned substances. “It is utterly impossible to achieve such perfection using unfair methods, with the help of additional substances and manipulations,” the Russian president said on

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Attorneys general for Virginia and Washington, DC, launch separate investigations into Washington Commanders’ financial dealings

By Melissa Alonso and Abby Bustin, CNN Attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, DC, have launched investigations into financial misconduct allegations against the NFL’s Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder. The investigations come after lawmakers in Congress laid out accusations against the team and executives including Synder last week, including that they “may have intentionally

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Houston Dash suspends head coach James Clarkson amid league-wide investigation into claims of misconduct

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Kevin Dotson, CNN Women’s professional soccer team Houston Dash suspended its head coach and general manager James Clarkson after reviewing the initial findings of an investigation into league-wide allegations of wrongdoing, the team announced on Twitter Tuesday. The decision comes at the recommendation of a joint investigative team from the National

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Wimbledon 2022: Organizers feared Russian participation would fuel a ‘propaganda machine’

By George Ramsay, CNN Banning Russian and Belarusian tennis players from this year’s Wimbledon tournament in light of the war in Ukraine is not discriminatory, say organizers of the grand slam tournament. The tournament’s chairman Ian Hewitt said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had placed organizers in “an extreme and exceptional situation,” adding that the decision

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FINA investigates Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov competing in national championships despite being banned

By Matias Grez and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN The International Swimming Federation (FINA), swimming’s global governing body, says it is investigating Russia’s Evgeny Rylov after the swimmer took part in his country’s national championships, despite receiving a nine-month ban just four days ago. FINA announced on April 21 that it had suspended the two-time Olympic champion

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Julian Alaphilippe: World champion cyclist badly injured after hitting tree in high-speed crash

By Issy Ronald, CNN World champion Julian Alaphilippe sustained multiple injuries after hitting a tree at high speed during Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège — one of cycling’s most prestigious one-day races. In the crash, Alaphilippe “suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a hemo pneumothorax [collapsed lung],” according to a statement released by his team, QuickStep

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