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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF IPC LOGO AND IPC PRESIDENT ANDREW PARSONS/ 2026 MILANO-CORTINA PARALYMPICS VENUE/ RUSSIAN PARALYMPIC TEAM IN MOSCOW AFTER BEING SENT HOME FROM WINTER OLYMPICS IN 2022 RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: MILAN, ITALY (FILE – JUNE 11, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF MILAN 2026 WINTER PARALYMPICS LOGO INSTALLATION OUTSIDE MILAN TOWN HALL MILAN, ITALY (FILE – MARCH 5, 2025) (REUTERS – access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF IPC PRESIDENT ANDREW PARSONS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BEIJING, CHINA (MARCH 3, 2022) (IPC – Access all) 3. INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC) PRESIDENT ANDREW PARSONS ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE INTERNET, IPC WEBSITE (SEPTEMBER 28, 2025) (IPC – access all) (MUTE) 4. SCREENSHOT OF IPC STATEMENT CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (FILE – JANUARY 24, 2025) (REUTERS – ACCESS ALL) (MUTE) 5. DRONE FOOTAGE OVER OLYMPIC RINGS 6. VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF 'OLIMPIA DELLE TOFANE' SLOPE, WHICH WILL HOST WOMEN'S OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ALPINE SKIING COMPETITIONS ROME, ITALY (FILE – FEBRUARY 9, 2024) (GOVERNMENT TV – Access all) (MUTE) 7. MASCOTS FOR THE 2026 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES, TWO STOATS CALLED TINA AND MILO, WAITING TO MEET ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, GIORGIA MELONI 8. 'MILANO CORTINA 2026' AND OLYMPIC RINGS EMBROIDERED ON TINA'S BELLY, 9. MELONI POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH TINA AND MILO MILAN, ITALY (FILE – MARCH 7, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) 10. 2026 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES MASCOT MILO ARRIVES AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE BUILDING WHERE ATHLETES WILL STAY AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN MILAN 11. VARIOUS OF BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION 12. OLYMPIC GAMES MASCOTS MILO AND TINA TAKING PART IN THE EVENT MARKING THE COMPLETION OF THE STRUCTURES AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SITE MILAN, ITALY (FILE – NOVEMBER 7, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) 13. VARIOUS OF PAINTINGS ON WALL DEPICTING DIFFERENT WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE – MARCH 6, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) 14. RUSSIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE ATHLETES IN ARRIVALS HALL AFTER RETURNING FROM BEIJING HAVING BEEN BARRED FROM COMPETING IN THE WINTER PARALAYMPICS 15. SIGN, READING (Russian and English): "Exit for passengers arrived by international flights/ International arrivals" 16. VARIOUS OF ATHLETES ENTERING ARRIVALS HALL 17. SUPPORTERS, CHANTING (Russian): "RUSSIA! RUSSIA!" 18. SUPPORTERS WAVING FLAGS STORY: Russian and Belarusian athletes will not participate in next year's Paralympic Winter Games, even as neutral competitors, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Thursday (October 23) after consultation with the international federations. Both countries were banned from Paralympic competitions after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but regained full membership rights in the International Paralympic Committee after member organizations voted to lift their partial suspensions last month. Belarus is a key staging area for the invasion. However, the international federation for each sport on the Paralympic Games program is responsible for determining the qualification pathway for its sport, as well as the eligibility of athletes to compete. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) voted on Tuesday not to facilitate the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) in its qualification events for Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Games. The International Biathlon Union (IBU) confirmed that Russian and Belarusian Biathlon Federations remain suspended from its competitions, and in January, World Curling extended the exclusion of athletes from both countries until the end of the 2024-25 season. This means neither nation can qualify for the Games. Russia and Belarus can compete in Para ice hockey competitions, but they are not among the teams involved in November's Paralympic Games qualification tournament. The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games will take place from March 6-15. (Production: Simon Ormiston)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF LIONEL MESSI AS AN INTER MIAMI PLAYER COMPLETE SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW STORY: Lionel Messi has extended his contract with MLS side Inter Miami to 2028, the club announced on Thursday (October 23), a boost for the North American league as the Argentine great keeps his career going. The eight-times Ballon d'Or winner had previously said that Inter Miami would be his last club but the 38-year-old has given no hint as to his possible retirement, saying that age would not be a factor. The 2022 World Cup winner led the league in goals (29) this season, as Inter Miami finished third in the Eastern Conference. They are set to play Nashville SC in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs beginning on Friday. Messi sparked fresh interest in the league when he first signed in 2023, in a critical moment for the sport in North America, with Canada, Mexico and the United States set to host the World Cup next year. (Production: Stefan Haskins)

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VIDEO SHOWS: TOUR DE FRANCE ORGANISERS UNVEILING 2026 PATH SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. FRENCH CYCLISTS ARRIVING ON STAGE 2. VARIOUS OF CYCLISTS 3. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "Just three years after Bilbao, the Tour de France will once again set off from Spain. And after the Basque Country, Catalonia. Barcelona, ​​the city of wonders, as the Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza called it in one of his novels. Barcelona, ​​the city of Gaudi, the city of the 1992 Olympic Games, the city of the greatest sporting events. And tomorrow, the Tour, which it has hosted three times in 1965, in 1957 before then, and in 2009, but never for a grand start. So this will be a first." 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BARCELONA MAYOR, JAUME COLLBONI CUADRADO, SAYING: "Barcelona is a city absolutely ready to organize events. We will be the first city in the world to host the Olympic Games, a FIFA World Cup, the America's Cup, and now the grand start of the Tour de France. We will choose the best locations in Barcelona, ​​so that the Tour de France and the city shine.” 5. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "It's 12:22 p.m., time to set the course for the 113th edition of the Tour de France." 6. PRESENTATION VIDEO STARTING WITH MEN’S TOUR DE FRANCE 2026 PATH IN BARCELONA 7. TOUR DE FRANCE LOGO 8. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT IN FRENCH ALPS, FROM VOIRON TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ 9. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 10. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT FROM LE BOURG D’OISANS TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ / SEGMENT FROM THOIRY TO FINALE IN PARIS  11. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING STORY: The 2026 men's Tour de France will for a second year include a final stage up Paris’ Montmartre hill, and that will follow two gruelling Alpe d’Huez summit finishes, organisers said on Thursday (October 23), promising a route to keep up the suspense to the very end. After starting in Barcelona on July 4, the 113th edition of cycling’s biggest race will on July 26 culminate in a spectacular climb through Montmartre's cobbled Rue Lepic – a feature first introduced in 2025 and won by Belgium’s Wout van Aert after a fierce duel with four-time champion Tadej Pogacar. Race director Christian Prudhomme said the organisers wanted the race to remain undecided until the very end, with a succession of punishing mountain stages before the finale. The peloton will climb Alpe d’Huez twice in succession — first via its famous 21 hairpins on Stage 19, then again the following day from the Col de Sarenne after a 171 km stage with 5,600 metres of elevation gain. The race will enter France early through the Pyrenees, with a first mountain test between Pau and Gavarnie-Gedre on Stage 6, featuring the Col du Tourmalet. The route revisits several battlegrounds of the Pogacar–Vingegaard rivalry, including Le Lioran and Le Markstein. A single individual time trial of 26 km between Evian-les-Bains and Thonon-les-Bains is scheduled for Stage 16.  (Production: Clotaire Achi)

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VIDEO SHOWS: TOUR DE FRANCE ORGANISERS UNVEILING 2026 PATH COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. FRENCH CYCLISTS ARRIVING ON STAGE 2. VARIOUS OF CYCLISTS 3. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "Just three years after Bilbao, the Tour de France will once again set off from Spain. And after the Basque Country, Catalonia. Barcelona, ​​the city of wonders, as the Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza called it in one of his novels. Barcelona, ​​the city of Gaudi, the city of the 1992 Olympic Games, the city of the greatest sporting events. And tomorrow, the Tour, which it has hosted three times in 1965, in 1957 before then, and in 2009, but never for a grand start. So this will be a first." 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BARCELONA MAYOR, JAUME COLLBONI CUADRADO, SAYING: "Barcelona is a city absolutely ready to organize events. We will be the first city in the world to host the Olympic Games, a FIFA World Cup, the America's Cup, and now the grand start of the Tour de France. We will choose the best locations in Barcelona, ​​so that the Tour de France and the city shine.” 5. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "It's 12:22 p.m., time to set the course for the 113th edition of the Tour de France." 6. PRESENTATION VIDEO STARTING WITH MEN’S TOUR DE FRANCE 2026 PATH IN BARCELONA 7. TOUR DE FRANCE LOGO 8. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT IN FRENCH ALPS, FROM VOIRON TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ 9. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 10. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT FROM LE BOURG D’OISANS TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ / SEGMENT FROM THOIRY TO FINALE IN PARIS 11. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: TOUR DE FRANCE OFFICIALS UNVEILING 2026 PATH COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. CHAMPIONS OF PREVIOUS EDITION ARRIVING ON STAGE 2. VARIOUS OF CHAMPIONS OF PREVIOUS EDITION 3. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "Just three years after Bilbao, the Tour de France will once again set off from Spain. And after the Basque Country, Catalonia. Barcelona, ​​the city of wonders, as the Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza called it in one of his novels. Barcelona, ​​the city of Gaudi, the city of the 1992 Olympic Games, the city of the greatest sporting events. And tomorrow, the Tour, which it has hosted three times in 1965, in 1957 before then, and in 2009, but never for a grand start. So this will be a first." 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BARCELONA MAYOR, JAUME COLLBONI CUADRADO, SAYING: "Barcelona is a city absolutely ready to organize events. We will be the first city in the world to host the Olympic Games, a FIFA World Cup, the America's Cup, and now the grand start of the Tour de France. We will choose the best locations in Barcelona, ​​so that the Tour de France and the city shine.” 5. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "It's 12:22 p.m., time to set the course for the 113th edition of the Tour de France." 6. PRESENTATION VIDEO STARTING WITH MEN’S TOUR DE FRANCE 2026 PATH IN BARCELONA 7. TOUR DE FRANCE LOGO 8. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT IN FRENCH ALPS, FROM VOIRON TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ 9. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 10. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT FROM LE BOURG D’OISANS TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ / SEGMENT FROM THOIRY TO FINALE IN PARIS 11. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WOMEN'S ALL-ROUND COMPETITION AT THE GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JAKARTA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (FIG – See restrictions before use) 1. GOLD MEDALLIST ANGELINA MELINKOVA'S (RUSSIA) VAULT ROUTINE 2. MELINKOVA'S UNEVEN BARS ROUTINE 3. MILINKOVA'S BALANCE BEAM ROUTINE 4. MELINKOVA'S FLOOR ROUTINE 5. SILVER MEDALLIST LEANNE WONG'S (UNITED STATES) VAULT ROUTINE 6. WONG'S UNEVEN BARS ROUTINE 7. WONG'S BALANCE BEAM ROUTINE 8. WONG'S FLOOR ROUTINE 9. BRONZE MEDALLIST ZHANG QINGYING (CHINA) VAULT ROUTINE 10. ZHANG'S UNEVEN BARS ROUTINE 11. ZHANG'S BALANCE BEAM ROUTINE 12. ZHANG'S FLOOR ROUTINE 13. MELINKOVA, WONG AND ZHANG POSING DURING MEDAL CEREMONY 14. GOLD MEDAL, MELINKOVA STORY: TO FOLLOW (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL AND U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE ON NBA-RELATED ARRESTS FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW 

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VIDEO SHOWS: FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL AND U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE ON NBA-RELATED ARRESTS FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW 

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF RUTH CHEPNGETICH SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – APRIL 18, 2024) (REUTERS – Access All) 1. WOMEN'S MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER, RUTH CHEPNGETICH (LEFT), POSING FOR PHOTOS OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH FORMER RECORD HOLDER, BRIGID KOSGEI, 2. VARIOUS OF CHEPNGETICH AND KOSGEI POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FORMER RECORD HOLDER TIGST ASSEFA AND 2020 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST PERES JEPCHIRCHIR 3. ASSEFA, KOSGEI, CHEPNGETICH AND JEPCHIRCHIR ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 4. CHEPNGETICH SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) 5. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 6. CHEPNGETICH AND KOSGEI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (FILE – OCTOBER 13, 2024) (IMAGN IMAGES – Must courtesy Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images) (MUTE) 7. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF CHEPNGETICH CROSSING CHICAGO MARATHON FINISH LINE AND BREAKING WORLD RECORD WITH NEW TIME OF 2:09:56 8. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH CELEBRATING WITH KENYAN FLAG 9. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH RUNNING WITH FLAG 10. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF CHEPNGETICH POSING NEXT TO DIGITAL CLOCK SHOWING HER RECORD TIME 11. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH HOLDING AND POINTING TO SIGN READING (English): "World Record" ATHENS, GREECE (FILE – NOVEMBER 8, 2019) (TRACKWISE – Access all) 12. CHEPNGETICH GOING ONSTAGE AT ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARATHONS AND DISTANCE RACES' (AIMS) BEST MARATHON RUNNER AWARDS AS WOMEN'S WINNER 13. CHEPNGETICH WAVING TO APPLAUDING CROWD 14. WHITE FLASH 15. CHEPNGETICH ONSTAGE TO RECEIVE AWARD STORY: Kenya's women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was banned for three years on Thursday (October 23) after she admitted to anti-doping rule violations but her 2:09:56 mark will remain on the books as it was set before her positive test. Chepngetich, who smashed the record in Chicago last October, was provisionally suspended in July this year by the Athletics Integrity Unit after Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) was detected in a sample collected from the Kenyan athlete on March 14. The sample revealed an HCTZ concentration of 3,800ng/mL, far above the World Anti-Doping Agency's minimum reporting limit of 20ng/mL. Chepngetich initially denied any wrongdoing and could not explain the positive result despite an AIU investigation, which included analysis of her medications, supplements and phone data. However, on July 31, two weeks after Chepngetich was suspended, she changed her explanation, saying she had unknowingly taken her housemaid's medication, which contained HCTZ, while ill. The AIU said HCTZ is used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension, adding that diuretics may be abused to mask the presence in urine of other prohibited substances. The AIU said Chepngetich's actions were reckless and indirectly intentional rather than accidental, initially applying a four-year sanction. However, Chepngetich's early admission earned her a one-year reduction, resulting in a three-year ban issued on September 10.  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF RUTH CHEPNGETICH SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – APRIL 18, 2024) (REUTERS – Access All) 1. WOMEN'S MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER, RUTH CHEPNGETICH (LEFT), POSING FOR PHOTOS OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH FORMER RECORD HOLDER, BRIGID KOSGEI, 2. VARIOUS OF CHEPNGETICH AND KOSGEI POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FORMER RECORD HOLDER TIGST ASSEFA AND 2020 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST PERES JEPCHIRCHIR 3. ASSEFA, KOSGEI, CHEPNGETICH AND JEPCHIRCHIR ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 4. CHEPNGETICH SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) 5. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 6. CHEPNGETICH AND KOSGEI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (FILE – OCTOBER 13, 2024) (IMAGN IMAGES – Must courtesy Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images) (MUTE) 7. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF CHEPNGETICH CROSSING CHICAGO MARATHON FINISH LINE AND BREAKING WORLD RECORD WITH NEW TIME OF 2:09:56 8. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH CELEBRATING WITH KENYAN FLAG 9. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH RUNNING WITH FLAG 10. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF CHEPNGETICH POSING NEXT TO DIGITAL CLOCK SHOWING HER RECORD TIME 11. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH HOLDING AND POINTING TO SIGN READING (English): "World Record" ATHENS, GREECE (FILE – NOVEMBER 8, 2019)( TRACKWISE – Access akk) 12. CHEPNGETICH GOING ONSTAGE AT ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARATHONS AND DISTANCE RACES' (AIMS) BEST MARATHON RUNNER AWARDS AS WOMEN'S WINNER 13. CHEPNGETICH WAVING TO APPLAUDING CROWD 14. WHITE FLASH 15. CHEPNGETICH ONSTAGE TO RECEIVE AWARD STORY: Kenya's women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was banned for three years on Thursday (October 23) after she admitted to anti-doping rule violations but her 2:09:56 mark will remain on the books as it was set before her positive test. Chepngetich, who smashed the record in Chicago last October, was provisionally suspended in July this year by the Athletics Integrity Unit after Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) was detected in a sample collected from the Kenyan athlete on March 14. The sample revealed an HCTZ concentration of 3,800ng/mL, far above the World Anti-Doping Agency's minimum reporting limit of 20ng/mL. Chepngetich initially denied any wrongdoing and could not explain the positive result despite an AIU investigation, which included analysis of her medications, supplements and phone data. However, on July 31, two weeks after Chepngetich was suspended, she changed her explanation, saying she had unknowingly taken her housemaid's medication, which contained HCTZ, while ill. The AIU said HCTZ is used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension, adding that diuretics may be abused to mask the presence in urine of other prohibited substances. The AIU said Chepngetich's actions were reckless and indirectly intentional rather than accidental, initially applying a four-year sanction. However, Chepngetich's early admission earned her a one-year reduction, resulting in a three-year ban issued on September 10. "The case regarding the positive test for HCTZ has been resolved but the AIU will continue to investigate the suspicious material recovered from Chepngetich's phone to determine if any other violations have occurred," AIU head Brett Clothier said in a statement. "In the meantime, all Chepngetich's achievements and records pre-dating the 14 March 2025 sample stand."  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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