Kenya faces ban after IOC cuts off funding
11 March 2017 |
11:08 am
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) cuts financial support to Kenya after the country's crisis-hit Olympic Committee failed to make changes to its constitution - a decision that could lead to a ban.
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