Russia's response to a ban on its athletes from the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has been "extremely aggressive", says the International Olympic Committee. The ruling body's president, Thomas Bach, has also suffered personal attacks, it added. Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from taking part in the opening ceremony at the 2024 Games in Paris, by the IOC on Tuesday. Russia has been critical of the IOC. The country's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday the IOC had "slipped into racism and neo-Nazism". Athletes from Russia and Belarus were banned following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in...