FIBA lifts restrictions on Russian and Belarusian individual athletes and officials

FIBA announced it will lift restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus effective immediately. The governing body confirmed the policy change applies to individual players, coaches, referees, commissioners, and other personnel. These individuals are now eligible to participate in all FIBA competitions, including both basketball and 3x3 basketball events. This decision reverses the previous exclusion of participants from these nations. The federation stated that individual players and officials can be nominated for all sanctioned international contests starting today. No further details regarding team participation were provided in the initial statement.

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