Here s louis pilbeam. good evening. wimbledon bosses say they have banned russian and belarusian tennis players because it s their responsibilty to play a part in government sanctions. russian and belarusian athletes have been allowed to play other high profile tournaments under a neutral flag and no national anthem. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has more. wimbledon may bask in tradition but it is part of today s world and all the sporting implications of the invasion of ukraine. and wimbledon is taking a stand. so, while russia s daniil medvedev has been allowed to compete on the tour as an individual, the world number two will be barred from wimbledon. the same applies to aryna sabalenka of belarus, ranked numberfour in the women s game. those are two potential champions. there are many other players who will also now be missing. from one of ukraine s most prominent recent tennis players, this reaction. alex dolgopolov said.
I leave here, i get back and my focus is my family, who i miss massively. finally, how much did he feel his mother s presence in his life? it is constant. it has been over the last two years, more so than ever before. it is almost as though she has done her bit with my brother and now she is very much helping me. she has got him set up, now she is helping me get set up. that is what it feels like. his life of service continued, harry said, it had just relocated to the united states. nicholas witchell, bbc news. wimbledon is banning russian and belarussian tennis players from this summer s tournament because of the war in the ukraine. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. wimbledon may bask in tradition but it is part of today s world and all the sporting implications of the invasion of ukraine. and wimbledon is taking a stand. so, while russia s daniil medvedev has been allowed to compete on the tour as an individual, the world number two will be barred from wimbledon.
Wimbledon is banning russian and belarussian tennis players from this summer s tournament because of the war in the ukraine. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. wimbledon may bask in tradition but it is part of today s world and all the sporting implications of the invasion of ukraine. and wimbledon is taking a stand. so while russia s daniil medvedev has been allowed to compete on the tour as an individual, the world number two will be barred from wimbledon. the same applies to aryna sabalenka of belarus, ranked numberfour in the women s game. those are two potential champions. there are many other players who will also now be missing. from one of ukraine s most prominent recent tennis players, this reaction. alexandr dolgopolov said, a big thank you to wimbledon and uk for stepping up and showing the world an example, what needs to be done to stop this madness. the international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and
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