Wimbledon defends 'agonizing decision' to ban Russians

TWO All England Club officials defended during a news conference Tuesday the “intensely tough and agonizing decision” to bar players from Russia and Belarus from Wimbledon this year because of the invasion of Ukraine. Citing the club’s “responsibility to play our part in limiting the possibility of Wimbledon being used to justify the…

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