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Neil McLeman

Wimbledon will ban Russian and Belarusian tennis players over Putin's invasion

Russian and Belarusian tennis players have been banned from Wimbledon to stop Vladimir Putin’s regime scoring a potential PR victory, the All England Club said today.

The Grand Slam event have confirmed that stars from the two countries will not be allowed to compete this summer because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

All Russian and Belarusian players - including world No.2 Daniil Medvedev and No.4 Aryna Sabalenka - will also be forbidden from playing in any warm-up events in the UK.

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