It has Switolina will not compete in the Roland Garros tennis tournament, which starts in Paris a week from Sunday. The 27-year-old Ukrainian justified her renunciation of the second Grand Slam tournament of the year by constantly worrying about family members who were holed up in the basement because of the Russian attacks on her hometown of Odessa. “At the moment I’m concentrating on my family and my foundation,” said the former world number three in an interview with the AFP news agency. Switolina has not played on the WTA tour since the end of March. Switolina justified her time off with physical and mental exhaustion. Previously, she was eliminated in two tournaments in the first round. Immediately after the Russian attack on Ukraine, Svitolina announced that she would donate her prize money to the Ukrainian army and humanitarian aid organizations. small
The sporting goods manufacturer Nike is no longer a sponsor of the Russian basketball team CSKA Moscow. As reported by the Russian news portal “Championat”, after the withdrawal of the American company, it is still unclear whether CSKA will play in Nike jerseys in the coming season. There is a possibility that the club could buy these without a contract with the manufacturer. CSKA has reached the semi-finals of the VTB United League, a competition in which leading basketball clubs in Eastern Europe compete against each other. The main sponsor of the tournament is the Russian bank VTB, sanctioned by both the US, UK and the EU. adv.
