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fter nearly 20 months of waging war in Ukraine, Russia was suspended by the IOC on Thursday for a land grab in sports administration. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board imposed the suspension on the Russian Olympic Committee for a breach of the Olympic Charter — a book of rules and principles for …

Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton has pneumonia and is in intensive care in a Texas hospital. Retton’s daughter, McKenna Kelley, shared Ms. Retton’s condition in an Instagram post on Tuesday. Ms. Kelley said 55-year-old Retton, who became the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around title, is “fighting …