Ice skating, athletics latest to bar Russian, Belarusian athletes; tennis players allowed to compete individually
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Ice skating, athletics latest to bar Russian, Belarusian athletes; tennis players allowed to compete individually

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Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be allowed to continue competing on the WTA and ATP Tours and in Grand Slam tournaments, but their teams were suspended from the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup. Hours later, FIFA kicked Russia out of the 2022 World Cup as football’s global governing body and UEFA joined forces to expel Russian national teams and clubs from all international competitions. Tennis players escape ban Russian tennis players, including newly-crowned men’s world number one Daniil Medvedev and Belarus’ women’s world number three Aryna Sabalenka, will be allowed to keep competing in major individual events. ‘Give birth to life’ That follows UEFA stripping Saint Petersburg of hosting the Champions League final — European football’s premier club competition — and Formula One cancelling the Russian Grand Prix last Friday.

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