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LONDON : Several Russian and Belarusian players have already signed personal declarations that will clear them to compete as neutrals at this year's Wimbledon championships, the All England Club said on Tuesday.
The All England Club will pay for two rooms for Ukrainian tennis players and their teams during the grass-court season and will donate 1 British pound (about $1.25) for each ticket sold at Wimbledon to relief efforts in Ukraine — which could top 500,000 pounds ($620,000) — after deciding to allow players from Russia and Belarus back into the tournament despite the ongoing war.
The All England Club will pay for two rooms for Ukrainian tennis players and their teams during the grass-court season and will donate one British pound (about $1.25 US) for each ticket sold at Wimbledon to relief efforts in Ukraine — which could top 500,000 pounds ($620,000) — after allowing players from Russia and Belarus back into the tournament despite the ongoing war.
Wimbledon will offer substantial financial support to Ukrainian players and causes this summer after reversing the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes.
With soft ground conditions across most of Ukraine, severe mud is most likely to be slowing down forces on both sides of the conflict.
We ask how that sits in capitals where Chinese diplomats have since been summoned, as well as in Brussels, which is torn over trade ties with Beijing, and Kyiv, which has been trying to keep channels open but wonders if China looks at Ukraine as Russia's Tibet, Xinjiang or Taiwan.
Outlining the current Russian order of battle in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says Russian forces are operating in decentralized and largely degraded formations throughout the theatre and the current pattern of deployment suggests that most available units are already online and engaged in either offensive or defensive operations.
A Ukrainian community in southern Brazil has decided to turn its local soccer team into FC Mariupol, a top-flight club disbanded after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in a show of solidarity with the war-torn country.