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Coco Gauff says people should not be 'dying in the streets just for existing' in U.S.
Coco Gauff made the comments at the Dubai Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates. Robert Prange / Getty Images
Coco Gauff has said that she hates athletes being told to stay out of politics, after saying of recent events in the U.
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Winter Olympics briefing: Heraskevych's helmet dispute raises tough questions
The Winter Olympics have been presented as a stage for unity - a place where nations set aside conflict, athletes chase excellence, and the world gathers in a shared celebration of human potential.
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Ukraine outraged over Olympic ban on athlete honouring war victims
Ukraine has voiced outrage over a decision from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar their skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing at the Milan/Cortina Games over a helmet dispute.
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Ukrainian athlete kicked out of Olympics over helmet honoring war dead
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- A Ukrainian skeleton athlete has been kicked out of the Milano Cortina Olympics for insisting on wearing a helmet honoring fellow athletes killed in Russia's unprovoked invasion of his country.
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Pride and unease: US Winter Olympians navigate politics, patriotism and Trump attacks
Some US athletes at the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina are speaking more openly than at any point since Donald Trump returned to the White House, describing a complicated mix of pride and discomfort about representing the country while political tensions at home and abroad spill into the Games.
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U.S. Olympian Hunter Hess responds after Trump calls him "a real loser": "I love my country"
Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital international reporter, based in the CBS News London bureau.
U. S. Olympian Hunter Hess said "there is so much that is great about America, but there are always things that could be better," a day after President Trump lashed out at him for saying he had "mixed feelings" about representing the United States at the Winter Olympics in response to a journalist's question last week.
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US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash -- including from Trump
MILAN (AP) -- U. S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic "a real Loser" who perhaps should have stayed home.
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Olympian Amber Glenn Praised For Criticizing Trump's LGBTQ+ Policies
Amber Glenn is preparing for the biggest moment of her career, but she's also making it clear she won't stay silent about the political climate impacting her community.
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Minnesota Olympians, other athletes speak up about federal agents in Minneapolis
MILAN -- The Winter Olympics are set to open this Friday in Italy, some 4,600 miles away from Minneapolis, the epicenter of the uproar over the Trump administration's hardline immigration enforcement tactics.
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Some U.S. Olympians are speaking out after Minneapolis killings
The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal authorities in Minneapolis last month have drawn condemnation from politicians, influencers and celebrities -- and increasingly from athletes who will soon be representing the U.
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'Fascism is here now': the US athletes pushing back on Trump's America
At 6. 38pm CST on Saturday January 24, Indiana Pacer star Tyrese Haliburton posted on X: "Alex Pretti was murdered. "
The NBA star was one of the first athletes to respond to what can only be described as the public execution by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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Spurs star Victor Wembanyama condemns 'murder of civilians' by ICE agents in Minnesota: 'I'm horrified'
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama refused to keep quiet after VA nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed Saturday by ICE agents in Minnesota.
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Breanna Stewart, Tyrese Haliburton, other athletes protest after fatal Minneapolis shooting
Stewart has advocated for several causes in the past including the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements Leonardo Fernandez / Getty Images
Unrivaled league co-founder Breanna Stewart was among a handful of athletes who have spoken out in the immediate aftermath of a second fatal shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis.
