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🇬🇧 Mirror
Sports

Tennis icon forced to hand back prize money and slapped with four-year ban

Former Australian tennis player Marinko Matosevic has received a four-year ban from the sport for multiple doping violations and must return his prize money.

Mar 17 • 08:39 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
World

Skeleton Competition Ban at the Olympics: Helmets On in Remembrance

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Wladyslaw Heraskewytsch was banned from competing in the Olympics for wearing a helmet that honored athletes killed by Russia's invasion.

Feb 23 • 15:05 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
Sports

Ukrainian skeleton athlete banned from Olympics appeals decision to CAS: I know I am innocent

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych appealed a ban from the International Olympic Committee after displaying a helmet honoring victims of the war initiated by Russia.

Feb 13 • 11:32 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Sports

BBC star admits she got Winter Olympics ban because of issue with her bra

A British Winter Olympic star discusses a past controversy about being banned for wearing a bra that enhanced her appearance during competition.

Feb 12 • 15:36 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

Ukraine Evaluated V. Heraskevyčius' Civil Position at the Olympics – Will Award the Order of Freedom

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Mychailovyč Heraskevyčius is set to receive the Order of Freedom for his patriotic actions, following his disqualification from competing in the 2026 Olympics due to a ban on wearing a memorial helmet.

Feb 12 • 15:32 UTC
🇷🇺 RT
National & Local

Ukrainian Olympic athlete disqualified for defying helmet ban

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladislav Geraskevich was disqualified from the Winter Olympics for refusing to remove politically sensitive imagery from his helmet, which honored fallen athletes.

Feb 12 • 11:47 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

IOC imposes ban on another Ukrainian athlete for Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has prohibited Ukrainian short tracker Oleksandr Handei from competing in the Olympics due to a political slogan displayed on his helmet.

Feb 12 • 09:47 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Sports

IOC expresses intention to ban Ukrainian athlete for wearing ‘memorial helmet’

The IOC has banned Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics for intending to wear a helmet commemorating victims of the Ukraine war.

Feb 12 • 09:23 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
Sports

Disqualification! The IOC did not allow the Ukrainian with the helmet of the deceased athletes to start

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevyč was disqualified from the Olympic race for attempting to compete with a helmet featuring images of deceased athletes, despite a ban from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Feb 12 • 08:14 UTC
🇸🇪 SVT Nyheter
Sports

Skeleton star defies ban: 'I will not disappoint them'

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych plans to wear a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed in the war despite a ban from the International Olympic Committee.

Feb 12 • 07:05 UTC
🇺🇦 Ukrainska Pravda
Sports

IOC bans another Ukrainian athlete from wearing helmet with slogan at Olympics

The IOC has banned Ukrainian athlete Oleh Handei from wearing a helmet with a slogan at the 2026 Olympics, marking the third such ban against Ukrainian athletes.

Feb 11 • 18:37 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
Sports

Šteinbergs publicly calls on the IOC not to disqualify Ukrainian athletes

Ivo Šteinbergs, the coach of the Latvian skeleton team, has publicly urged the International Olympic Committee to allow Ukrainian athlete Vladislav Heraskevičs to compete despite a ban on his political helmet message.

Feb 11 • 15:53 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
Sports

Ukrainian athlete vows to defy IOC over banned helmet at Winter Olympics

A Ukrainian athlete expresses determination to defy the IOC's ban on a specific helmet design for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Feb 11 • 15:32 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Sports

Ukrainian athlete will not comply with IOC ban – will wear a helmet of special significance at the games

Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych intends to wear a helmet honoring fallen athletes from Russia's attacks, despite a ban from the IOC.

Feb 11 • 15:18 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
Sports

Ukrainian Sports Minister in Interview: "The Ban is Not Fair"

Ukrainian Sports Minister Matwij Bidnyj discusses the recent controversy surrounding athlete Wladyslaw Heraskewytsch's helmet display honoring athletes killed in the war, emphasizing the unfairness of the International Olympic Committee's rules.

Feb 11 • 14:25 UTC
🇱🇻 LSM
National & Local

Despite the Olympic Committee's ban, Ukrainian skeleton athlete plans to compete with a helmet commemorating war victims

A Ukrainian skeleton athlete intends to compete while wearing a helmet that honors sportspeople killed in the war over the past four years, featuring their images.

Feb 11 • 10:21 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
Sports

Ukrainian athlete ignored IOC ban and wore a 'memory helmet'

Ukrainian athletes are defying IOC rules prohibiting protests against the Russian invasion by wearing symbols of remembrance.

Feb 11 • 08:02 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Sports

Ukrainian athlete with 'war victim' helmet says he will wear it during competition despite IOC ban

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych plans to wear a helmet featuring the faces of fallen comrades during competition, in defiance of an IOC ruling against it.

Feb 11 • 01:41 UTC
🇨🇦 Global News
National & Local

Ukrainian skeleton racer fights ban on helmet showing athletes killed in war

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych is challenging the IOC's ban on wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes killed in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Feb 10 • 18:48 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
Sports

2026 Olympics: A Ukrainian athlete wants to continue wearing his helmet with photos of athletes killed during the conflict with Russia

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladislav Heraskevych plans to wear a helmet adorned with images of fallen athletes from the conflict with Russia at the 2026 Winter Olympics, despite a ban from the International Olympic Committee.

Feb 10 • 18:31 UTC
🇳🇴 Aftenposten
Sports

This Olympic helmet shows Ukrainian sports heroes killed by Russia. IOC refuses the athlete to use it.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevytsj faced a ban from the IOC for wanting to wear a helmet featuring images of war victims during the Olympics, with reactions from Ukrainian officials expressing their discontent over the decision.

Feb 10 • 16:58 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

These images were too much – Olympian's helmet banned

Olympic athlete Vladislav Heraskevitch's helmet, featuring images of Ukrainian athletes who died in the war, has been banned by the International Olympic Committee.

Feb 10 • 09:51 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

Ban on Helmet at 2026 Olympics and Zelensky's Defense: What's the Story?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has defended an athlete's right to wear a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war with Russia, after the International Olympic Committee prohibited its use during the Winter Olympics.

Feb 10 • 09:31 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Sports

"They were my friends" - Helmets commemorating victims of the Ukraine war; IOC bans their use

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladislav Heraskevych faces IOC ban for wearing a helmet inscribed with the faces of friends lost in the Ukraine war, highlighting ongoing issues of political expression in sports.

Feb 10 • 06:19 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
National & Local

Zelensky defends Ukrainian athlete's helmet at Games after IOC ban

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has supported skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's right to wear a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed in the war, which was banned by the IOC during the Winter Olympics.

Feb 10 • 01:53 UTC

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