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US Open tennis to allow Russian, Belarusian players under neutral flag
AFP, Published on 15/06/2022
» NEW YORK: Players from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the 2022 US Open under a neutral flag, the US Tennis Association announced Tuesday.
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Wimbledon's Russia ban faces battle of wills
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» PARIS: WTA president Steve Simon warned Wimbledon that they face "strong reactions" to their decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players and the week ahead could see more twists in the controversy which has split tennis.
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Rublev blasts Wimbledon ban as 'complete discrimination', Belarus threaten legal action
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» BELGRADE: World number eight Andrey Rublev blasted Wimbledon's ban on Russian and Belarusian players as "complete discrimination" on Thursday while Belarus officials said the decision will only "incite hatred" and threatened legal action to have the sanction overturned.
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Belarus Olympic athlete 'happy to be in safety' in Poland
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» WARSAW: Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was "happy to be in safety" in Warsaw on Thursday, a day after arriving in Poland where she took refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home.
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Belarus athlete leaves Japan on Vienna-bound flight
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» TOKYO: Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Japan on a Vienna-bound flight on Wednesday and was expected to head for Poland, where she has been offered a humanitarian visa.
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UN wants global football tax to finance aid
AFP, Published on 18/01/2016
» UNITED NATIONS - A UN study of new sources of financing for its multi-billion-dollar aid operations is recommending a voluntary tax on football matches or concerts as one option to raise funds.
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India foreign minister under fire over helping ex-cricket boss
AFP, Published on 14/06/2015
» NEW DELHI - Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday defended her decision to help corruption-hit former cricket boss Lalit Modi gain emergency travel papers in Britain, as the opposition demanded her resignation.
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Pacquiao pleads for Indonesia to spare death row Filipina
AFP, Published on 27/04/2015
» MANILA - World boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took time out Monday from final preparations for his $400 million megafight with Floyd Mayweather to plead for the life of a Filipina on death row in Indonesia.
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Olympics: Candidates deliver their vision of IOC future
AFP, Published on 05/07/2013
» The six candidates vying to succeed outgoing International Olympic president Jacques Rogge in September presented their personal visions of the future of the movement in Lausanne on Thursday.
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Thousands brave freezing Gaza for marathon
AFP, Published on 01/03/2012
» Thousands of runners braved temperatures hovering just above zero degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) on Thursday to take part in the Gaza Strip's second-ever marathon.
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