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The United Kingdom has canceled visas for a Belarusian basketball team over Moscow’s support for Minsk in its occupation of Ukraine.
The team was scheduled to play in Newcastle in northern England on Sunday.
“The United Kingdom will not welcome the national sports teams of those countries that are collaborators in the unprovoked and illegal occupation of Ukraine by Putin“, Wrote on Saturday the British Secretary of Interior, Priti Patel.
A number of sports groups have spoken of the Russian occupation of Ukraine.
Poland has refused to play in next month’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Polish Football Federation President Cezary Kulesza said on Saturday.
The football federations of Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic also issued a joint statement Thursday demanding that the World Cup qualifiers not be played in Russia.
After his semifinal victory at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on Friday, Russian professional tennis player Andrey Rublev wrote “no fight please”.
The only Ukrainian NBA players, Alex Len and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk issued a joint statement condemning the fight also on Thursday.
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