"IOC Upholds Suspension of Russian Olympic Committee"

The Russian Olympic Committee has lost its appeal against suspension by the International Olympic Committee, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissing the appeal. The suspension was imposed due to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of eastern Ukraine, which the IOC deemed a breach of the Olympic Charter. As a result, Russia remains barred from entering athletes for the Paris Olympics under its own flag, and the suspension doesn't stop the IOC's efforts for Russians to compete as neutral athletes without national symbols. The ROC can appeal to the Swiss supreme court but has not yet indicated if it plans to do so.