Boycotts in sport may not advance human rights. But they do harm individual athletes
- Written by: Hans Westerbeek, Professor of International Sport Business, Head of Sport Business Insights Group, Victoria University
Organisers of Wimbledon, the main draw of which begins on June 27, have found themselves in a quandary over their controversial decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players in protest over the invasion of Ukraine.
The banned players include current men’s world number 1 Daniil Medvedev, number 8 Andrey Rublev, and women’s world number...
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