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The International Olympic Committee said Thursday it had suspended Russia's national Olympic body with "immediate effect" for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine's membership. SOUNDBITE
Images show the Montreux Palace hotel in Switzerland where the UEFA executive committee is meeting on Monday to formalise radical reforms to the format of the Champions League. The key meeting could also see some cities removed as hosts of the delayed Euro 2020. IMAGES
The Russian Olympic Committee holds a press conference following the IOC decision to ban Russia from 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang over its state-sponsored doping programme. IMAGES
Members of the Russian Investigative Committee work at the site of an explosion on Crimean bridge. Russia says two drones hit the bridge in the early hours of Monday and blames "the Kyiv regime." It is the second attack on the bridge, a personal project of President Vladimir Putin, during the Kremlin's 18-month long Ukraine offensive. IMAGES
Images of the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee (Cojo) as investigators raid the premises 400 days before the start of the Olympic Games. The Financial Public Prosecutor's Office is conducting two preliminary investigations into suspicions of illegal interest-taking and favouritism. IMAGES
Emmanuel Macron and Thomas Bach exchange a long handshake and a hug, before the president of the International Olympic Committee leaves the courtyard of the Elysee. The meeting takes place almost two years to the day before the Olympic Games in Paris. IMAGES