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IOC announces Paris 2024 Fair Play Awards winners

Lausanne (Switzerland), Oct 14 (UNI) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday announced the winners of the Paris 2024 Fair Play Awards, honouring gestures of friendship, sportsmanship and solidarity.
Norway's decathlete Sander Skotheim, Spain's Antonio Rojas and the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), received the awards at the ceremony held at the Olympic Museum on Sunday.
The International Fair Play Committee, which is recognized by the IOC, selected Skotheim after he continued to compete in the men’s decathlon competition despite failing to clear a height in the pole vault.
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Punjab Kings release Glenn Maxwell and four others ahead of IPL auctions

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