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Wimbledon bans players from Russia, Belarus over Ukraine invasion

NEW YORK — Wimbledon is going to ban players from Russia and Belarus this summer over the invasion of Ukraine.

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Wimbledon Russia ban branded "unfair" by ATP as threat of legal action looms

The ATP have issued a strong statement after the All England Club and LTA decided to ban players from Russia and Belarus from this year's Wimbledon

Daily Mirror

Wimbledon Bars Russians, Belarusians from Tournament

Wimbledon barred Russian and Belarusian players from this year's championships due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with the grasscourt Grand Slam becoming the first tennis tournament to ban individual competitors from the two countries. The decision by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) means Grand Slam champions Daniil Medvedev…

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Wimbledon ban on players from Russia and Belarus ‘unfair’, ATP says

The ATP said it will continue to allow players from Russia and Belarus to compete under a neutral flag at ATP events

The Independent UK

Wimbledon's Russia ban 'sparked by fear of Royal Family seeing Daniil Medvedev win trophy'

The All England Club is reportedly moving ahead with plans to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from Wimbledon, with the Royal Family said to have played a big factor in the decision

Daily Mirror

Russian and Belarusian players banned from Wimbledon due to invasion of Ukraine

Entries from players from the two countries will be declined “with deep regret”, tournament organisers said.

The Independent UK

Russian, Belarusian players banned from Wimbledon

Among the prominent players affected by the ban are reigning U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka, who was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2021 and is No. 4 in the WTA rankings.

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Wimbledon bans Russian, Belarusian players over Ukraine invasion

The most prestigious tournament in the world hasn't barred athletes from specific countries since the aftermath of WWII.

Axios

Wimbledon bans players from Russia, Belarus over Ukraine war

Russian and Belarusian tennis players have been banned from competing at this year’s Wimbledon tournament because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Wimbledon announces ban on players from Russia and Belarus

Wimbledon have confirmed the ban following weeks of discussions with the UK Government

The Independent UK

Wimbledon’s Decision to Ban Russian and Belarusian Players Is Indefensible

Tennis’s most important major is acting alone, as it always has. This time, its choices are for the worse.

Sports Illustrated

Wimbledon to Ban Russian Players, Including No. 2 Medvedev

This is the first tennis tournament in which Russian and Belarusian players have been barred from competing.

Sports Illustrated

Russian and Belarusian players to be banned from Wimbledon – reports

Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka are among those affected

The Independent UK

Wimbledon on collision course with tennis world after player ban

Russian and Belarusian players have been banned from Wimbledon and all other grass-court events in Britain this summer in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

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Evening Standard

Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players from Championships after Ukraine invasion

Wimbledon has banned all Russian and Belarusian players from this summer’s Championships, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The Hindu

Russian players to be barred from competing at Wimbledon: report

The report in sports industry news site Sportico said it was unclear whether players from Belarus would also be banned

Reuters

Ukrainian volunteers recount three weeks in Russian captivity, allege beatings

Volodymyr Khropun and Yulia Ivannikova-Katsemon say they were helping people flee villages on the front line in northern Ukraine when they were detained by Russian soldiers over two days in March.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian tracks Russian troops' movements via his looted Apple AirPods

Vitaliy Semenets’ Bluetooth headphones were looted from his home in Hostomel, near Kyiv, and he has since tracked them to Belarus and Russia

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UK Says Russia Committed to Compelling Ukraine to Abandon its Euro-Atlantic Orientation

Russia is committed to compelling Ukraine to abandon its Euro-Atlantic orientation and asserting its own regional dominance, even as Moscow’s operational focus has shifted to the east of its neighboring country, British military intelligence said on Sunday. Russian forces were continuing to redeploy combat and support equipment from Belarus towards…

The Guardian - UK

Smugglers or saviours? Poland’s divided stance on aiding refugees

Why are volunteers on the Ukrainian border treated as heroes while those helping families cross from Belarus face criminal charges?

Reuters

U.S. targets seven Belarus national carrier planes for violating export controls

The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday confirmed it had identified seven Boeing 737 Planes operated by Belarusian national carrier Belavia that are in apparent violation of U.S. export controls.

France 24

Amateur images show Russian military convoys heading to Donbass

Large convoys of military equipment have been filmed in Russia and Belarus in recent days. Amateur videos analysed and verified by the FRANCE 24 Observers team show that some of these military reinforcements are heading for the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, towards the pro-Russian self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and…

The Independent UK

Poland builds a border wall to deter migrants as it welcomes Ukrainian refugees

Krakow is hurrying to finish a $380 million 116-mile steel wall that the government says will be ‘impenetrable’

France 24

Fake images of Russian 'mobile crematorium' in Ukraine

Various media in the UK and Belarus have used an image dating from 2013 to illustrate what is supposed to be a Russian mobile crematorium in Ukraine. The fake image lent credibility to official Ukrainian claims that Moscow was using such vehicles in a bid to hide the extent of…

Salon

Putin's massive fail: He's no commander

Putin's no master strategist: He's incompetent at warcraft, and Ukrainians and Russians are paying a terrible price

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