Olympics - Suspended Kuwait ready to talk with IOC, Kenya drags feet


LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Kuwait, suspended since 2015 from the Olympics over government interference in the country's Olympic Committee, is ready to resume talks with the International Olympic Committee to lift the ban, an IOC official said.

The country's national Olympic committee (NOC) remains banned almost two years after the government was accused of interference with a new sports law

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