War in Ukraine: "Decisions on war and peace are the exclusive remit of politics" (T. Bach, IOC)

News Tank Football - Paris - Opinion #245182 - Published on 15/03/22 at 09:40
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Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee - ©  CIO / G. Martin

"Everybody in the Olympic community wishes we could be more than a symbol and an inspiration. But we have had to learn once again the hard lessons that sport cannot create peace, and that decisions on war and peace are the exclusive remit of politics," said Thomas Bach (GER), president of the IOC, in a letter to the Olympic Movement, on...

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Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee - ©  CIO / G. Martin

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