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Wimbledon Ban On Russian Players Would Be "Unacceptable": Kremlin
The Kremlin said Wednesday that banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon over Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine would be "unacceptable."
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: April 20, 2022 03:50 pm IST
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Wimbledon could ban Russian players.© Instagram
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Kremlin said banning Russian players from Wimbledon would be unacceptable
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Wimbledon can take this call after Russia's military campaign in Ukraine
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Wimbledon 2022 is scheduled to start from 27 June
The Kremlin said Wednesday that banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon over Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine would be "unacceptable." "This is unacceptable," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"Once again they simply turn athletes into hostages to political prejudice, political intrigues," he added.
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