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A rare act of resistance: Harald Vervaecke’s furious letter to all world sport federations

"The IOC is not the official body representing sport", writes the Secretary General of a non-Olympic federation. This letter can be seen as a direct attack on the IOC leadership. It is tantamount to blasphemy. However, the fight against the dissolution of the GAISF comes too late.

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UIPM Court of Arbitration declares 2024 elections 'lawful'

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Madness has a name: FIE

Madness has a name: FIE

At the FIE congress in Manama on Saturday, a Mexican fencing federation (FME) is to be expelled and replaced by another so-called Mexican federation (ADNEM). Everything has been prepared well in advance. This is no small matter – the trail leads to Uzbekistan in the Russian hemisphere.

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