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Manizha Talash, Yemisi Ogunleye, Imane Khelif, the pathetically cowardly Thomas Bach, Denis Oswald and the question: what is (Olympic) propaganda?
About the IOC's non-transparent disciplinary commission, the decision of commission chair Denis Oswald to caution a courageous Afghan woman, which in turn led to her disqualification by the world federation - and about other practices under the Great Olympic Leader.
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Naming and shaming (1): BDO Switzerland and the disgraceful support for FIFA
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Thomas Bach: IOC god with a German diplomatic passport threatens the democratically elected German government
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