last year , elina svitolina traditionally started in australia on the hard surface.the beginning of this year, she took part in the world economic forum in davos, where she spoke about the war in ukraine, my life changed as a tennis player, how the tennis world reacts to russia's invasion of ukraine, kateryna gudynova will tell more about the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, elina svitolina played at the tournament, helped the ukrainian military, and now she is one of the ambassadors of united twenty for a also holds charity events where he collects funds , in particular, for the post-war restoration of ukrainian tennis. this february , the world racket came to the motherland for the first time since the fall of 2021, but now instead of loaded media days in the player's schedule, trips to busha and centering, one house in irpen, who became a mother, the tennis player has already returned to training, but she is not going to play in professional tournaments at least until next april , so at the moment she is focusing on other things , in particula

ukraine's top female tennis player and olympic bronze medallist elina svitolina is calling for sanctionsssian and belarusian players to continue. the ioc is under pressure from the un not to discriminate against athletes and allow them to compete under neutral flags, but svitolina doesn't agree. i don't think that the neutral flag is changing so much anything. for me, it's more about, we should sanction as much as possible the people from russia and belarus, because their government is doing severe things in ukraine. unfortunately, we cannot choose some who say, "we are against the war," and some are for the war, because they are wearing z on their chest. so, in this, unfortunately we cannot choose, but we have to do it. we have to sanction them all, because this is the only way that can stop the war. former england cricketer matthew hoggard says the yorkshire historical racism investigation and disciplinary process has failed everyone involved, including azeem rafiq. hoggard, who's facing four charges from the england and wales cricket board, has withdrawn from the process. rafiq first

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a ukrainian tennis star elina svitolina say athletes from russia and belarus should be banned from competingics in paris and. to world number 31 and olympic bronze medal in the tokyo games in 2021 and say her fellow athletes need to be united in their stance.— athletes need to be united in their stance. ., ., their stance. our men and women are at the — their stance. our men and women are at the front _ their stance. our men and women are at the front line _ their stance. our men and women are at the front line right - their stance. our men and women are at the front line right now- are at the front line right now fighting russian soldiers and dying for our country and for our freedom as well and i am very firm with my decision that boycotting this is the right way to do that. ijust boycotting this is the right way to do that. i just want that all ukraine athletes are united together in this decision.— united together in this decision. . ,, , . decision. that is pretty much all the but — decision. that is pretty much all the but for _ decision. that is pretty much all the but for now, - deci

ukraine's top female tennis player and olympic bronze medallist elina svitolina is calling for sanctionsnst athletes and allow them to compete under neutral flags, but svitolina doesn't agree. it's not particularly them that i'm talking, it isjust it's not particularly them that i'm talking, it is just general. it's not particularly them that i'm talking, it isjust general. why, for example, the normal person who is, i don't know, working in the shop or in restaurant getting sanctioned? he lost his job because a lot of companies lost russia. why he lost his job and why they're still athletes, tennis players, completing on the tour, like the any different? we have to sanctioned russian, belarusian people in general because of what their government is doing. this is my view. britain's men's tennis team are playing colombia in the davis cup this weekend. they'll be playing at altitude using pressure—less balls to combat the thinner air. dan evans is due to play in both the singles and doubles, but playing over 2,500 metres above sea level, using different balls and on a clay surface means i

international olympic committee to soften its decision on banning russian and belarusian athletes, elina svitolinaminate against athletes and allow them to compete under neutral flags. i don't think that the neutral flag is changing so much anything. for me it is more about we should sanction as much as possible the people from russia and belarus because their government is doing severe things in ukraine. unfortunately, we cannot choose some outlets that say some athletes that say we are against the war and some are for the war, because there are some athletes that are wearing the z on their chest, so this unfortunately we cannot choose, but we have to do it, we have to sanction them all, because this is the only way that can stop the war. britain's men's tennis team have one of their toughest test over the weekend. they're playing colombia in bogota, meaning it is at altitude. because of that, they have to use special pressureless balls. they have the stronger line with dan evans due to play in the singles and doubles, but playing over 2,500 metres above sea level using different balls and on a c