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The International Olympic Committee on Thursday lifted all restrictions on Belarusian athletes, clearing the way for their return to international competitions, including at qualifiers for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, it said in a statement.The IOC had recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials be banned from events since 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Belarus was used as a staging ground for the Russian invasion.”The IOC Executive Board no longer recommends any restrictions on the participation of Belarusian athletes, including teams, in competitions governed by International Federations and international sports event organisers,” the Olympic body said.Athletes from Belarus can now freely compete under their own flag…

Local officials greeted the announcement with cautious optimism, saying it’s still below what many municipalities need. The proposal also falls far short of the $351 million increase local officials initially sought from the Legislature to help relieve the pain created by reduced federal aid and high inflation. “We’re pleased to see that move in the right direction,” said Fitchburg Mayor Samantha Squailia. “But it is not enough.”Brookline Town Administrator Chas Carey said “every little bit helps,” but that he wants to see a fuller picture of the Senate’s math, including how much they also plan to budget for local school…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Football fans can now start planning their fall Saturdays, as single game tickets and parking, group tickets, and BCXperiences for the 2026 season are now officially on sale.SINGLE GAME TICKETS & PARKING Single-game tickets and parking for the 2026 Boston College football season are now on sale. Fans can purchase tickets by clicking here or by calling 617-552-GoBC (4622). Parking can be purchased by clicking here.  The Eagles’ 2026 home schedule features six games at Alumni Stadium, highlighted by the home opener against Big Ten opponent Rutgers on Friday, September 11 as part…

Between Friday and Sunday, 16 high school basketball and hockey teams were crowned state champions. It took some dynamic, and downright unbelievable performances, for student-athletes to make sure their teams walked away from either the Tsongas Center or TD Garden with a state title in hand. Here is a look at some of the top performances from state championship weekend: Boys Basketball — Brody Bumila continued his dominant postseason, scoring 36 points and adding 21 rebounds in Bishop Feehan’s 66-63 win over Central Catholic in the Div. 1 state championship. On the losing side, Javi Lopez scored 30 points for…

While the Boston Red Sox have shown progress under interim manager Chad Tracy and arguably are going to be alright in the long run, they are still off to a start unlikely in a long time for the franchise. Boston dropped two of three contests against the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend and now is 17-23 on the season and in last place in the American League East. After the Red Sox’s 4-1 loss against Tampa Bay on Mother’s Day, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale shared on X that this is the first time since 1997 that the Red Sox…

The NCAA men’s volleyball tournament is back and bigger than ever for 2026.The bracket has expanded from nine to 12 teams, with seven automatic qualifiers and five at-large teams. That opens the door for more schools to compete but the usual suspects enter postseason play as the favorites. One of this year’s top three seeds — No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Hawaii and No. 3 Long Beach State — has won every NCAA title since 2018. Every championship match in that span except 2021, when Hawaii beat BYU for the title, has featured a matchup of two of those three schools…

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Saturdays jut hit different, even if eating seven bowls of Captain Crunch and watching Wile E. Coyote continue his New York Jet-rivaling streak of ineptitude on my agenda. Heck, I don’t even have to walk out front on Saturdays and pick up the paper before the sprinklers hit driveway. ••••••• • It’s been a minute since the S-R delivered a print edition to my doorstep on Saturdays. But at least there is still a facsimile on the newspaper’s website, making it possible to feel as if the past hasn’t disappeared completely. Even after Wily won…

A 22-year-old man from Massachusetts is facing arson and other charges after allegedly throwing a lit firework at a police cruiser in New Hampshire.Kyle Martel is accused of throwing a lit firework on April 19 from a wooded area at a Plymouth police officer’s cruiser.Video from a Ring security camera shows the firework exploding near the police officer and another person. No one was hurt.Martel was taken into custody Sunday in Massachusetts. He’s facing charges that include arson, malicious explosion, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and two other charges.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the…

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Boston College lacrosse fell to No. 5 seed Stony Book, 10-9, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Sunday afternoon.​The Eagles conclude the season at 10-8, while the Seawolves advance to face Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals.​Kylee Colbert paced the offense with four goals, while Giulia Colarusso poured in four points with two scores, two assists and a team-high four draw controls. Marissa White found the back of the net twice, and Casey Colbert dished out two assists.​Shea Dolce made seven saves in the setback.​Trailing by as much as…

Crime One man was killed in a Mattapan shooting, while two others were shot just hours later in a separate shooting in Dorchester, police said. Police are investigating two separate shootings that killed one person and injured two others on Saturday and early Sunday morning in Boston, in a weekend that saw at least five people shot in Boston neighborhoods. The first shooting occurred in Mattapan on Saturday night, the Boston Police Department posted.  At 11:39 p.m., officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound outside 28 Woolson St. First responders pronounced the man dead on scene, police said.At…