IOC president warns Italy over government interference
(WorldNews Health)

ROME (AP) — Italy`s Olympic team risks the humiliation of being placed on probation for the Tokyo Games if the country`s sports minister does not back down amid a two-year-long dispute that amounts to government interference, IOC president Thomas Bach said. In an extraordinary step designed to put pressure on Vincenzo Spadafora, Italy`s sports minister, Bach also suggested that the alleged interference could — under extreme circumstances — result in the country being stripped of hosting rights for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d`Ampezzo. Bach has taken issue with the Italian government`s creation of a new organization, Sport e Salute, that was created at the start of last...