Canada bars Russian and Belarusian players from world junior hockey event
Canada says hockey players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to play in next month's World Junior Championships.
Canada will deny entry to junior hockey players from Russia and Belarus for the World Junior Championships next month, BBC News reports.
Fox News reports that Mark Carney declared Russian athletes will not compete at the tournament in Alberta. Fox says the decision defies a ruling that lifted a ban on Russia.
Fox also reports that Sweden, Finland and other nations have joined a boycott. The reports do not say which other countries are involved or who issued the ruling.
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- BBC NewsCanada bars Russia & Belarus from junior tournamentWed, Nov 4, 2:58 AM EST
- Fox NewsCanada bars Russia from competing in world junior hockey championships, defying ruling that lifted banWed, Nov 4, 9:05 AM EST
- Fox NewsCanada bars Russia from competing in world junior hockey championships, defying ruling that lifted banWed, Nov 4, 9:05 AM EST
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