so katrina, you al jazeera paging ukrainian tennis player, lena felina. say she was motivated by the fans to fight through to the quarter finals of the monterey open. the number one, the battle pass bulgarian qualifier victoria to move in 3 set to reach the last 8th with alina, has vowed to donate all her prize money to the cranium on it's a big weight. i was fighting until the very end. and you know, that you can flag really, really helped me today to the dream that you grant it was really speaking to me and i was just fighting until very and i funds my game and dance. so the russian of football union says it will appeal against the decision to ban at national teams. football, governing body fi fi has kicked the russian men's team out of world cup qualifying . and the statement, the russian football union said the ruling did not have a legal basis. counselor is hosting the mo g p season opener on sunday and the top 3 and last year championship are given a unique opportunity ahead of the race. german nash reports brazil legend, kathy swapped football kit

deciding on tuesday to let the russians compete and a neutral capacity. ukraine's top tennis player lena felina, says she's on a mission for her country. the number one seat at the monterey open beat rushes anesthesia part of pover in straight sets. and the opening round felina, however, had threatened to boycott the event and only agreed to play after the governing bodies of tennis, ruled that players from russia finished salaries can only take part in competition with neutral players. have intent for the much publicized russian athletes have come hostages of the situation next for selina is long areas. victoria yes, it's a very, very special la event. this one for me. all the money that i'm going to earn here is going through the ukranian army. so thank you so much for support on national hockey league partners are distancing themselves for russian star player alex of that skin. washington capitals captain was dropped from an ad for us life insurance company. the move comes after canadian hockey equipment brand stopped using a vege skin and other russian and h l players for any of their marke