64 h. ago From Russia with love: Daria Kasatkina switches allegiance to Australia

27-year-old has not been to Russia since coming out as gay in 2022World No 12 will be Australia’s new No 1 women’s tennis singles playerRussian-born tennis player Daria Kasatkina is switching allegiances to Australia after her application for permanent residency was accepted by the government.The world No 12 has been playing on the tour as a neutral athlete after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from competing under their own flags following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago From Russia with love: Daria Kasatkina switches tennis allegiance to Australia

27-year-old has not been to Russia since coming out as gay in 2022World No 12 will be Australia’s new No 1 women’s tennis singles playerRussian-born tennis player Daria Kasatkina is switching allegiances to Australia after her application for permanent residency was accepted by the government.The world No 12 has been playing on the tour as a neutral athlete after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from competing under their own flags following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hampden limelight awaits 17y/o wonderkid but Scotland fans don't want another 'I was there' moment

Story behind up adn coming world star and his switch of allegience

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1 week ago Jamie Donley’s switch of allegiance delights Northern Ireland’s Michael O’Neill

The 20-year-old Tottenham forward is in contention to feature in Friday’s friendly at home to Switzerland and next week’s trip to Sweden.

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2 w. ago George Hirst blows Scotland staff away as striker offers Steve Clarke 3 key traits

The EPL hitman joined up with Steve Clarke's squad on Sunday night after the red tape cleared to switch allegiances

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2 w. ago ‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’

They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady days – and calls for a revolutionThe journalist Andrey Sapozhnikov of Novaya Gazeta Europe, the independent Russian newspaper that now operates from Latvia in order to avoid censorship by Putin’s regime, recently asked Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys: “You have been actively commenting on Russian politics since 2013 and the Pussy Riot case, and you are arguably one of the most engaged western artists in relation to the Russian context today. Why do you care so deeply about what is happening specifically in Russia?” Here is his reply, which the Guardian is publishing in English. I have been interested in Russia since reading a book when I was a young boy about the 1917 revolutions. It fascinated me that the Russian empire was replaced by another empire, the Soviet Union, which unleashed ...

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2 w. ago George Hirst committed to Scotland as Steve Clarke reveals '99 per cent' certainty and reason for delayed call up

Ipswich Town hitman is ready to switch allegiance after representing England from U17 through to U20.

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3 w. ago Love triangle spies set honey traps for Putin opponents in plots run from UK guest house

Bulgarian spies in love triangle found guilty of passing secrets to Russia and planning to manufacture sexual encounters around Europe in a plot masterminded from a seaside guesthouse in Great Yarmouth

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3 w. ago Mason Greenwood gives up on England recall as FA chief shares details on switch

Mason Greenwood has formally applied to switch international allegiances from England to Jamaica, with the former Manchester United striker having made just one appearance for the Three Lions

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3 w. ago Mason Greenwood 'gives up on England' and applies to switch international allegiance

Mason Greenwood has applied to switch international allegiance and play for Jamaica after his England career ended in disgrace following his arrest and charges

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3 w. ago Mason Greenwood switches international allegiance after giving up on England recall

Former Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood has applied to switch his international allegiance to Jamaica after previously making one senior appearance for England

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