Leylah Fernandez hopes to turn doubles success into singles resurgence at Wimbledon
Canada's Leylah Fernandez has one clear goal for the rest of the year: raising her singles ranking.
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Ukraine, Israel and Spain qualify for Paris Olympics in men’s soccer
PARIS: Israel and Spain have qualified for the men’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics because England won their quarterfinals game Sunday at the Under-21 European Championship. Ukraine joined them later Sunday after winning the last quarterfinal 3-1 against France, which was already assured of playing at the Olympics as the host nation. Israel and Spain had advanced to the semifinals on Saturday at the U21 Euros, putting themselves on track to take two of the three Olympic places available to join France which got a guaranteed direct entry.
Politics Off Wimbledon Agenda For Aryna Sabalenka As Elina Svitolina Sees 'Spark Of Magic'
Belarus tennis star Aryna Sabalenka laid down the law from the outset at Wimbledon on Saturday, insisting she will not get dragged back into the emotional maelstrom of discussing the Ukraine conflict. The world number two and reigning Australian Open champion boycotted two media conferences at the recent French Open after facing a barrage of questions over the war and her links to Alexander Lukashenko, her country's president and key ally of Russia.
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."
Poltava doctors received modern CT scanner
Artek Medical Group LLC helped the Poltava Regional Clinical Hospital named after M.V. Sklifosovsky with the purchase of a new CT scanner. The company's Facebook page states that the device has already been put into operation and is actively used in diagnostic and treatment activities for residents of the region, internally displaced persons, and wounded soldiers.
A group of public intellectuals proposes changing the Constitution: "A New Birth of Ukraine" Manifesto is signed
On the eve of the Constitution Day of Ukraine a group of public intellectuals signed a document in Lviv that declares the need to make significant changes to the basic law of the state after the victory: to balance the declared ideals and the real situation and to establish a new public consensus. The constitutional manifesto "A New Birth of Ukraine" emphasizes the unique historical opportunity to channel the unity of Ukrainians created by the war into the formulation of common values and ideals which may become the foundation for building a new Ukrainian society. "The basic law that can be easily ignored by those in power is by definition a bad constitution," the manifesto reads. — The main purpose of the constitution is actually to structure the system of power and create incentives to comply with its prescriptions. Our constitution will continue to be an empty declaration until we change it in a way to create the conditions for its effective application." The best time for change is the end of the war, according to the authors of the manifesto, – when the unity of the country will be maximal.
Elena Rybakina faces Shelby Rogers, Novak Djokovic meets Pedro Cachin at Wimbledon
Defending women's champion Elena Rybakina will face American Shelby Rogers in the opening round at Wimbledon while men's second seed Novak Djokovic will begin his title defence against Argentina's 67th-ranked Pedro Cachin.