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Wimbledon will dish out record prize money of 40.3 million pounds ($50.5 million) and host capacity crowds for the first time in three years at this year's tennis championships. The grass court grand slam event had its ranking points taken away by the men's ATP and women's WTA after it opted to exclude players from Russia and Belarus because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a 'special operation'.
By Homero De la Fuente, CNN
After two Britons and a Moroccan were handed death sentences by a court in the self-proclaimed, Russian-backed People’s Republic of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Schallenberg condemned the ruling: "These are prisoners of war [...] an exchange of prisoners of war is what is needed. These kinds of show trials are exactly the contrary and are utterly unacceptable."
Sall also addressed the political situation in Senegal, where the main opposition bloc is unhappy at being excluded from upcoming legislative elections.
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the Libema Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Karen Khachanov on Friday.
Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini complained on Friday that he has been "screwed" by the decision to strip the tournament of its ranking points. In May, both the ATP and the WTA announced that no points would be awarded after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players from playing at Wimbledon as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Men's world number one Novak Djokovic said last month it was a "lose-lose" situation for everyone and former US and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said she was ready to boycott Wimbledon.
Ecuador kept its place at the World Cup on Friday when a FIFA legal ruling rejected a complaint by Chile about an alleged ineligible player.
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