Olympics: Progress to Lift Kuwait Ban Made

Negotiations to lift an Olympic ban on Kuwait are making progress, but more issues need to be ironed out before the country’s Olympic return, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Wednesday. Kuwait’s national Olympic committee (KOC) has been banned since October 2015 after the government was accused of interference with a new sports law. As a result, Kuwaiti athletes had to compete under the Olympic flag at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016 and they have no access to IOC...

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