Jan 30 (Reuters) - Russian and ‌Belarusian junior curlers will be allowed to compete ‌in the sport's international competitions again from May, while ‌adult athletes from both countries will remain excluded, the sport's global governing body World Curling said on Friday.

World Curling banned Russia and its ‍ally Belarus after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine ‍in 2022, and stripped ‌the Russian city of Perm of the European Curling Championship ‍scheduled ​for May of that year.