<p>Growing number of countries are resisting Russia’s reintegration into international hockey after a sports court lifted a ban on competition</p><p>Canada has joined a coalition of countries refusing to play ⁠ice ​hockey teams from Russia, with prime minister Mark Carney saying Russian skaters will not be able to compete in ⁠a world junior championship next month due to the war in Ukraine.</p><p>“While Russia and Belarus are supporting this illegal, unjustified, horrific ‌war in Ukraine, as long as that’s going on, there will be none of ​those athletes competing for their countries in Canada,” Carney told reporters on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/canada-bans-russian-players-junior-ice-hockey-championships-ukraine-war">Continue reading...</a>