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Swiatek Calls for More Support for Ukrainian Players

World number one Iga Swiatek has called for more support to be offered to Ukrainian players on the women's tour after Lesia Tsurenko said she withdrew from her match against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka at Indian Wells due to a panic attack. Tsurenko said the attack was triggered by a chat…

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Fashion Retailer H&M's December-February Local-Currency Sales up 3%

H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, reported on Wednesday a 12% increase in December-February net sales while, measured in local currencies, sales were up 3%. The Swedish group said net sales for the period, its fiscal first quarter, were up 12% from a year earlier to 54.9 billion crowns ($5.26…

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Russia consider leaving Uefa after invite to Asian competition

Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been excluded from competing for their countries since the invasion of Ukraine

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Khamenei Urges Belarusian President to Confront US Sanctions

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to confront US sanctions, noting that countries subject to Western sanctions must counter the scheme through cooperation and by setting up a joint assembly. The two countries signed a roadmap to boost political, economic, and cultural cooperation. Lukashenko arrived in…

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IOC hit back at British Government over Russia claiming it would be “end of world sport”

The saga surrounding the involvement of Russian and Belarusian athletes competing at next summer's Olympic Games in Paris continues, with a number of nation's - including the UK - calling on them to be banned

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Iran and Belarus sign cooperation roadmap in Lukashenko visit

The two presidents signed eight agreements on trade, mining and transportation.

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Ukrainian star withdrew from clash against Belarusian opponent due to "panic attack"

Lesla Tsurenko was set to take on Belarusian opponent Aryna Sabalenka at the Indian Wells Masters, but the 33-year-old pulled out of the arranged match on Sunday

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UK urges Olympic sponsors to support Russia ban

In January, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged sports federations to create a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competitions

Evening Standard

UK government takes fight over Russian athletes’ ban to Olympic sponsors

The government has written to the Olympic Games’ biggest sponsors urging them to put pressure on the IOC over its proposals to allow Russian and Belarussians to compete in the Paris 2024 Games

The Guardian - UK

Olympic sponsors urged to back continued ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes

The IOC is exploring a pathway which would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals at the Paris Games.

The Independent UK

Anti-Russia guerrillas in Belarus take on 'two-headed enemy'

After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways

The Independent UK

Belarus passes law to execute officials convicted of treason

The authoritarian leader of Belarus has signed a bill introducing capital punishment for state officials and military personnel convicted of high treason

The Independent UK

Canada to fast-track procurement of defense equipment for Latvia deployment

Canada will be fast-tracking the procurement of defense equipment for the NATO mission it leads in Latvia, which borders Russia and Belarus, Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday.

Reuters

Wimbledon set for U-turn over ban on Russian and Belarusian players

The likes of Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka set to be allowed back at Grand Slam with ban to be lifted

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Wimbledon 'lift ban' on Russian players - but condemn support for Ukraine war

Tennis players from Russia and allied Belarus will be permitted to compete at this year's Wimbledon Championships, though organisers want to retain the power to expel them if they deem it necessary

The Independent UK

Belarusian companies bypassing sanctions by importing through Russia, MP warns

Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh said a Belarusian manufacturer was still trading in the UK by importing goods from Russia.

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Murray Expects Russians and Belarusians to Play at Wimbledon This Year

Andy Murray said he expects Wimbledon organizers to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the Grand Slam this year after they were banned in 2022 following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) barred players from the two countries from competing the grasscourt major…

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Murray 'won't go nuts' if Wimbledon scraps Russia ban

London (AFP) - Andy Murray has said he will "not be going nuts" if Russian and Belarusian players are allowed to feature at this year's Wimbledon, even though the British tennis great would have mixed emotions regarding their return.

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The Independent UK

Andy Murray makes Wimbledon prediction over Russian players

Russian and Belarusian players were not permitted to play at the tournament in 2022

The Independent UK

Starmer stresses commitment to free Belarus in meeting with opposition leader

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met UK parliamentarians in Westminster.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Leader podcast: Behind UK’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill

The Government is accused of breaking international law as full details of its immigration bill are revealed – with UK likened to Russia and Belarus over small boat crossings plan.

The Guardian - UK

Western allies take note: if you want to beat Putin in Ukraine, target his wicked little helper in Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko put our airbases and resources at Russia disposal. His fall would accelerate victory for Ukraine, says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus

The Independent UK

Belarus hands exiled opposition leader 15-year jail sentence

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and four other opposition figures were tried in their absence in Minsk – on charges decried by human rights organisations

Bangkok Post

Belarus sentences exiled critic Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in jail

MOSCOW: Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison for spearheading historic protests against the former Soviet country's authoritarian leader.

France 24

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison

A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government, the latest move in a months-long effort by the Belarusian government to suppress dissent.

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