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Algerian Olympic judo star banned for TEN YEARS for refusing to compete against Israeli opponent
Judo star Fethi Nourine and his coach have received 10-year bans from the from the International Judo Federation for "promotion of political and religious propaganda" after refusing to compete against an Israeli opponent in Tokyo. Nourine was paired with Sudan's Mohamed Abdalrasool in the Olympic 73kg tournament in a contest which would have seen the winner taking on Israel's Tohar Butbul in the following round. However, Nourine soon announced that his support for Palestine ruled out the possibility that he would consider competing against an Israeli opponent, prompting the Algerian Olympic Committee (AOC) to withdraw Olympic accredita

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