WTA investigates after Russia’s Vera Zvonareva barred from entering Poland
The WTA said it would be “evaluating the issue further with the event” after Russian player Vera Zvonareva was blocked from entering Poland for a tournament.
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Russia's Vera Zvonareva Denied Entry To Poland For WTA Tournament
Russian former world number two Vera Zvonareva has been denied entry to Poland where she was to participate in next week's Polish Open WTA tournament, the interior ministry said on Saturday. "Vera Zvonareva was trying to enter our country with a visa granted by France, via a flight from Belgrade," according to a statement issued by the Polish ministry. "On July 21, Polish border guards made it impossible for the Russian tennis player to enter Poland."
Russia’s Zvonareva denied entry to Poland for WTA tournament
WARSAW: Russian former world number two Vera Zvonareva has been denied entry to Poland where she was to participate in next week’s Polish Open WTA tournament, the interior ministry said on Saturday. “Vera Zvonareva was trying to enter our country with a visa granted by France, via a flight from Belgrade,” according to a statement issued by the Polish ministry.
Ukraine war: Medvedev warns of World War III, F-16 training for Ukraine, UK announces new aid
Ukrainian pilots will be trained on US-made F-16s as early as August, officials attending the NATO summit told reporters on Tuesday.
Prigozhin's whereabouts, no third term for Macky Sall, is France racist?
Last week at this time, we were listening to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko boasting how it's thanks to him that Wagner mercenaries halted their march on Moscow and that he convinced Vladimir Putin not to take out Yevgeny Prigozhin. Now the same Lukashenko says Prigozhin has upped and left Belarus.
Wimbledon: Iga Swiatek Breezes Into Third Round, Daniil Medvedev Advances
Top seed Iga Swiatek beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday to cruise into the Wimbledon third round. The reigning US Open and French Open champion has never been beyond the fourth round at the grass-court tournament but has dropped just six games so far at the All England Club.
Sabalenka keen to shun political talk on return to Wimbledon
Aryna Sabalenka will aim to keep the focus on tennis and not politics on her return to Wimbledon, with the "super emotional" Belarusian saying on Saturday she was relishing the chance to compete in the Grand Slam again.
Regional security 'deteriorating', says Lithuania's president
Having recently called Wagner troops "serial killers", Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda calls for strengthened security on the Belarusian border. "As I understand, the plan of Lukashenko is to build the necessary infrastructure for 6,000 Wagner fighters. And then the most important question is what’s next?" Nausėda adds: "Nobody knows if it's possible to integrate those fighters again into the regular army of the Russian Federation because of the gap in salaries. So they might be used in Africa, they might be used to strengthen the Belarusian army."