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Kuwait says it will file $1B lawsuit against Olympic body
Original Publication Date: June 22, 2016 8:07PM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 4:11AM
KUWAIT CITY – A Kuwaiti government official says the Arab nation will sue the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland for $1 billion.
The comments by Sheikh Salman al-Homoud Al Sabah, which were carried Thursday by the state-run Kuwait News Agency, come amid its worsening relationship with the IOC and its own Olympic committee. The Kuwaiti government has filed a lawsuit in local courts against 14 board members of its Olympic committee seeking some $1.3 billion in damages.
The dispute comes over the IOC suspending Kuwait in October on grounds of government interference in sports. The suspension could keep Kuwaiti athletes from representing their country at this year’s Olympics.
In a meeting earlier this month, the IOC’s executive board authorized Kuwaiti sportsmen to compete as individual athletes under the Olympic flag if they qualify.
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