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LONDON — Russian and Belarusian gamers will be capable to compete at Wimbledon as impartial athletes after the All England Membership on Friday reversed its ban from final yr.

The gamers should adjust to “acceptable situations,” together with not expressing help for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In addition they should not obtain funding “from the Russian and/or Belarusian states (together with sponsorship from firms operated or managed by the states) in relation to their participation in The Championships,” the All England Membership mentioned in an announcement.

Different tennis tournaments have allowed Russian and Belarusian gamers to compete as impartial athletes.

“We additionally take into account alignment between the Grand Slams to be more and more essential within the present tennis setting,” the membership mentioned. “There was a powerful and really disappointing response from some governing our bodies in tennis to the place taken by the All England Membership and the LTA final yr with penalties which, if continued, could be damaging to the pursuits of gamers, followers, The Championships and British tennis.”

This yr’s Wimbledon event will begin on July 3. The ladies’s last is scheduled for July 15 and the lads’s last on July 16.


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