Tag: athletes
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Luxembourg Olympic chief accuses Malta of “buying athletes”; MOC dismisses allegation as “cheap stunt”
Tensions are flaring ahead of the 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) as Luxembourg Olympic Committee President Michel Knepper accused Malta of “buying athletes” through fast-tracked citizenships—a move he described as undermining the event’s integrity. Speaking at a press conference ahead of his first GSSE as COSL president, Knepper criticised Malta’s recruitment…
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Gabriel Grixti speaks out after shock omission from Malta’s GSSE 2025 Table Tennis squad
National table tennis champion Gabriel Grixti has expressed deep disappointment and frustration following his exclusion from Malta’s squad for the upcoming Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) 2025, set to take place in Andorra. Despite holding the title of current Maltese National Senior Champion, Grixti was left out of the selected team announced…
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2024 Summer Olympics kick off in Paris
The 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off in Paris, France under the tight security of 40,000 police and security personnel. Various terror plots organised by the Russian security secret services to thwart the Olympics have already been foiled including an attempt by a Russian spy who lived in Paris as a chef. Sabotage against the French…
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This is why you should not cheat or distort international sporting events
It is deeply unfortunate that the Maltese government is using the Games of the Small States of Europe as a local propaganda tool to boast about winning medals to local audiences. In its attempt to grab as many medals as possible, the Maltese government imported foreigners to compete under its flag. As a result, this…
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Malta has won medals with foreign athletes not just Maltese citizens
Now, before anyone takes this in a xenophobic way, there is nothing wrong with foreigners becoming Maltese citizens after having lived in Malta and gone through the naturalisation process, but directly importing foreigners to Malta to play for international sporting events is bizarre and borders outright fraud and cheating. Yet, this is what the Maltese…
