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My speech at PTG conference on Double Treatment of Palestine by the Sport Governing Bodies (such as FIFA, UEFA, IOC...)
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Sign a petition calling on sports governing bodies to ban Israel from international sports:
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Novak Djokovic saga causes refunds to outstrip ticket sales at Australian Open
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Djokovic gave up $1 million of his prize money for winning Aussi Open so that it can be distributed to young and struggling players that fell out in early rounds, to ease their situation during pandemics.
One of many reasons I support this guy
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If Novak wins RG, while Tom Brady is sitting and chatting with his wife, it's should count as two GS titles.
Mike Tyson, Ibrahimovic and Mbappe supporting him from the stands too.
"Nole, Nole" cheering on Chartier...
"Listen to the Serbs", says the Eurosport commentator 😑
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"Without a doubt [Novak] has been failed by the ATP and the Players Council over the Wimbledon situation. He'll be denied the chance to defend 5200 points this season. If you think that's fair, then you're not a believer in the values of a sporting chance"
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter twisted lies
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise
Did you want to see me broken
Bowed head, lowered eyes?...
You may shoot me with your words
kill me with your hatefulness
But still, like air, I’ll rise
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Media widely reported, and people believed, that Novak "lied" on his travel documents.
He didn't. His agent filled the federal form and made an error (but filled the correct info on the state form).
Even Minister conceded that this error made no difference to the grant of visa.
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Happy to see that Marko Maksimović "found" Novak and could have a practice with him. This kid is from my childhood club in Doboj, European Champion U16. Future of Serbian tennis 🌞
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Merry Christmas to all Orthodox Christians who celebrate today.
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US Open is sponsored by Moderna vaccine.
US Open Director, Stacey Allaster, is on Board of Directors of Laver Cup, owned by Federer.
US Open and USTA actively refused to apply for exemption for Novak, while allowing unvaccinated Americans to play.
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Paul McNamee: Djokovic an easy target in anti-vaxxer witch hunt
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Judge asked the minister that he does not attempt to take any steps to remove Djokovic from Australia until final decision is made.
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Nazism is back and it is more overt and widespread than ever. An Austrian economist, NATO bombs and US imperialism sympathiser, is calling for a monument in Serbia in memory of Serbian children murdered by NATO bombing to be removed is morally deprived and deranged as can be.
As long as Serb and sadly even some Austria 🇦🇹 politicians from extrem left and right endorse such hateful distortion of facts it is clear Austria and Serb stay the cradle of EUropean Anti Americanism and Anti Nato sentiment
I call to remove this monument immediately
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This is pretty cool. In Orthodox Easter tradition, the eggs that breaks the other egg is a winner - both Novak and Andrey are Orthodox Christians and played finals today.
So they did this instead of a normal coin toss to decide who will serve first.
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Throughout the events of the past 5 days, ITF, ATP and WTA did not say a word in support of their players. Voráčová was detained and deported retrospectively after having entered the country and played in a tournament - that should be treated as a scandal.
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There is a lot of fake clickbait news and incorrect theories going around regarding Novak's test - spreading unconfirmed information just because it is one of many options is irresponsible and agenda-driven.
Thanks to those few journalists that said: let's wait to hear from him.
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@PHShriver
@TennisPodcast
Navratilova, Connors and many others who are older than Graf would disagree about the length of careers.
Seles who was beating Graf regularly was stabbed on court by Graf's fan - it worked well in terms of weeks as nr one held by Graf.
Should we take that into account too?
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It's time to start taking measures rooting out xenophobia in tennis, but it seems this isn't even a topic in the governing bodies.
Xenophobia against Eastern Europeans is casually accepted, allow to be spread by the tennis media and it is no wonder we see it on stadia.
Someone yelled out - back to Russia, this is absolutely embarrassing and disgraceful. I can’t believe this is happening in our country, the person had to be kicked out 😠 😡
#AusOpen
#AO2022
#AustralianOpen
#Tennis
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The one question Minister must answer is this: Is Djokovic "a risk to the health, safety or good order of the Australian community or a segment of the Australian community", as stated in the immigration act?
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@jon_wertheim
@usopen
Incorrect. US Open is obliged to allow access to competition on non-discriminatory basis. US gov. has presidential proclamation that says top athletes fit into "national interest" exemption for entry. US Open wouldn't breach any policy, au contraire. Least they could do is apply
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"Saudi crown prince warned Boris Johnson in a text message that UK-Saudi Arabian relations would be damaged if the UK government failed to intervene to “correct” the Premier League’s “wrong” decision not to allow a takeover of Newcastle United last year"
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Novak Djokovic crying while talking about meeting Syrian refugees as UNICEF ambassador. Quite heavy to listen the story ca. 27:00min - 29:00min of the video. Do listen though...😢
Djokovic overcome with emotion discussing refugee crisis (2017) (VIDEO)
cc
@QuentinMoynet
@Lequipe
'Djokovic, a UNICEF ambassador and who lived through the Balkans war as a child of the 1990s, met with Syrian refugees who were given shelter...'
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Very excited to be a part of this awesome team as a member of Advisory Board.
BREAKING: Read
#PTPA
news.📰
Created by the players for the players, the PTPA movement has united & mobilized tennis players from around the globe in order to create transparency & fairness throughout decision-making in professional tennis.
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Every time Novak wins a big tournament, two seconds later an explosion of pain and suffering can be observed on social media. Thoughts and prayers 🙏🥕
Djokovic doesn’t deserve a penny in prize money from Wimbledon. If we had all made the selfish decision to refuse the Covid vaccine, as he did, there would be no tennis tournaments. He showed his fellow competitors and tennis fans no respect at all.
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"Civil rights proponents say one of the Morrison government’s key reasons for deporting Novak Djokovic was weak and could create a precedent to block travellers with undesirable political views who pose no real risk to the community."
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There's a new narrative going around on social media among former players and journalists that is very disrespectful of the experiences of 4 players, official & coach that were forced to leave AO, and Peng Shuai.
Expect more of the "AO 2022 is the best GS" agenda to be pushed.
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Media & politicians lied and continue to lie. Read affidavit pp 13-22 for what the government claimed is the issue (his mere presence in Aus may incite people to avoid vax & riot) and what they admitted he didn't do (broke any rules on entry or otherwise). No lying in court.
PM Scott Morrison says today Djokovic case was "about someone who sought to come to Aus & not comply with entry rules at our border"
Minister Hawke's reasons to deport had nothing to do with border rules - it solely focussed on alleged risks associated with his anti-vax stance
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Badosa retired against Vondrusova due to heat stroke, left the court in a wheelchair.
Medvedev today asked who would be responsible if he died on court.
Tennis needs properly implemented heat policy ASAP & tournaments scheduled at the times of year when temperatures are lower
🚨🇯🇵 DIRECTO | MINUTO A MINUTO DE LOS JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS DE
#Tokyo2020
🔵🟡⚫🟢🔴
🎾 TENIS
🎙️
@jitornadijo
🇪🇸 Badosa tampoco estará en el dobles mixto con Carreño. Abandona la pista en silla de ruedas
👉 Sigue los
#JuegosOl
ímpicos aquí:
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"Novak Djokovic through Australia’s Pandemic Looking Glass: Denied Natural Justice, Faulted by Open Justice and Failed by a Legal System Unable to Stop the Arbitrary Use of State Power"
Civil Justice Quarterly, vol 42, 2022, A. Higgins
University of Oxford
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Novak Djokovic is no anti-vax hero
“There was no evidence before the minister that Djokovic has ever urged others not to be vaccinated.
If anything, his conduct over time reveals a zealous protection of his own privacy rather than any advocacy.”
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The most troubling aspect is organisers' refusal to apply for exemption for Novak to enter the US, while at the same time allowing unvaccinated Americans (who travel abroad) to play.
That's discrimination between players that serves no legitimate purpose
@itftennis
@usta
@usopen
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It would be good to see
@derspiegel
exercise good practice and publish apology for spreading false theories/fake news.
Backtracked👇
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@ozmo_sasa
These conditions create an unequal playing field - they provide different conditions for the players facing each other. The absolute physical exhaustion from the lack of sleep is a huge factor on the court. The issue needs addressing asap by the ATP.
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@leylahamed
@FutbolPalestine
There is a petition to ban it from ALL SPORT not just from FIFA.
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@Clijsterskim
4 players forced to leave
Renata strip searched/detained/deported
Novak detained/deported for his perceived opinions
Official+coach forced out
#PengShuai
shirts initially banned
Do they not matter?
Caring about tennis means so much more than caring about games played on courts.
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I'm not even going to read after this failure of an opening sentence:
"Djokovic’s deportation from Australia for failure to comply with their COVID-19 protocols...".
Do a basic research. Read judgments of the Federal Court. Find out the basic facts. Do better.
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@globaliteman
Declaration that he had travelled in the past 14 days on Border Travel Permit
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"This scandal will go down in history as a symbol of Australia's fascistic practices during the C19 period.
"The very vaccines requested for Djokovic are the ones deemed by official scientific authorities WHO as “not functional" against new varieties"
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Australian Government changed policy while Novak Djokovic was on flight.
Interview with Former Deputy Secretary of Immigration starts at 21min of the video. He is unaware that anyone was ever returned on health grounds at the airport.
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Fresh photos of Marko with Novak, getting stronger by the day...
Happy to see that Marko Maksimović "found" Novak and could have a practice with him. This kid is from my childhood club in Doboj, European Champion U16. Future of Serbian tennis 🌞
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@ozmo_sasa
@NDjokofan
@rennaestubbs
@caitlin_thomps
In the words of
@oliverbrown_tel
"ND proved with this latest masterclass that he could prevail not just over any opponent, but over any of the sanctimonious critics who once revelled in his misfortune. Only a fool would decry him as the villain now"😉
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@ozmo_sasa
USTA/US Open can respect the government position and ask for exemption - the two are not incompatible.
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Can someone tell the commies at SuperSport that audience at Australian Open are not Serbs and Greek, that they are fans of Djokovic and Tsitsipas from all over the world. 👍
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Your husband bombed a hospital in Belgrade and you supported it.
If Russian leadership would rather not be accused of committing war crimes, they should stop bombing hospitals.
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@_markpetchey
@TennisAustralia
@AustralianOpen
Disagree, not just for 2022 events (4 players being deported or forced to leave & Peng's shirts).
In 2014, AO was played on 45C. Ca 8 players fainted or gave up that day. Bottles melted. AO went on as usual. Money was more important than health & safety of players and spectators.
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Croatian coach, Filip Serdarušić, received the same exemption as Djokovic, had no trouble entering Australia, but in several days had to leave not to end up in detention.
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@itvnews
@Lowkey0nline
Sign and share this petition to suspend Israel from international sport
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Within one hour 15000 tickets sold for Djokovic-Kyrgios charity match in Australia.
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@PaulFMcNamee
It's the new agenda fitting into old minimisation and hatred agenda. Many more articles like this to come. The facts always wrong and deliberately so. Out of blue, now they are adding "and Russians" to Novak's "Serb supporters" to generate hatred and show how he has no other fans
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Djokovic fights for poor tennis players
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At
@ptpaplayers
presser
@DjokerNole
pointed out: there is a difference with rules as written and rules as they operate in reality. We are not sure how well Players Reps represent players at ATP Board (I paraphrased).
I've heard this from WTA players on PC about their Board reps
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PTPA Statutes envisage a Board ran entirely by active players, equal number of men and women with rotating Chair.
#PTPA
#PlayersVoice
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@_bilaire
Over 4 years and many Serbian civilians died too. My childhood friends and my father all died in our town in shelling attacks on civilian targets. But it doesn't stop most Serbs today supporting Palestine. We know what it means when the US is involved in political and media war.
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@JANE79591745
Fun fact is that Alkaraz is much closer in age to Novak's son than Novak... only 11.5 years between them. He's actually also closer to the age of Novak's 5 year old daughter too.😆
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I'm glad he finally reacted. There are thousands of invented and deliberately misinterpreted stories about him every year.
@eurosport
should issue a public not just private apology and have a chat with people who turned it into a cheap tabloid. Motivation?
#Djokovic
: Again, I am publicly asking a question: why didn’t the ATP or the Grand Slam come out and explain the situation, when they can see that the media are publicly lynching me?
#AustralianOpen
Full quotes at
@Tennis_Majors
👇
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I have some personal news re job change:
Mila the cat and I moved to Lisbon and one of us started working today at
@CatolicaGlobal
alongside Prof. Miguel Maduro
@MaduroPoiares
👍
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@_shaering
@petarmarj
No questions can be answered when the legal dispute is ongoing and it is grossly unfair to spread false info and fake news while the man cannot even speak for himself. New theories mushroom every day, each more irresponsible and reckless than the other.
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@oliverbrown_tel
All Eastern European tennis legends have performed whipping person role for the Western media and fans. Vilified, subject to "hated" narratives, stabbed on the court, subject to cheap jabs by other players, never good enough, etc. Tennis has xenophobia problem nobody talks about.
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@bgtennisnation
This is completely incorrect and misleading.
But do go on and don't let the facts confirmed in the Federal Court get in the way.
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The grounds for Minster's decision have now become obsolete (not that they ever made any sense)
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@juliandcampbell
Might be because there was a social media campaign to boycott AO days before Sunday.
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1. A story about the most violent injury in the history of tennis: A Swedish player Patrik Rosenholm at Futures in Italy threw a racket exactly like Sakkari here, but into a curtain. Behind the curtain was Ilija Vucic, a Serbian player striving for top 100 in doubles.
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1 in 4 EFL players don't have intention of getting vaccinated. Nobody demonises them or calls them antivaxxers.
That's reserved for the guy that donated EUR 5 mil. to fight Covid in 3 countries and organised a tournament that offered free vaccination.
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I've never seen anyone concede the point to opponent in such a crucial moment.
#sportsmanship
Novak concedes the point at the most crucial stage in the match against Monfils at 2:6 6:5 40/40.
How many times have we seen this from
@DjokerNole
?
Answer: more than from anybody else on tour!
#NovakSportsmanship
#SoProudOfOurChamp
@DDFTennis
@atptour
@NovakFanClub
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Nadal says the only reason Novak achieved the GOAT status and not him, is because Novak is more frustrated than him. Could have definitely phrased it differently, but putting a negative spin on his biggest rival's achieving the sporting greatness.
One sacrifices Grand Slams for his principles , the other sacrifices his body for Grand Slams, which one is more frustrated if he doesn't have the most Grand Slams ?
📼English version👇 22hrs=22grandslam
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Gaudenzi stood down as a Director of ATP Media and of ATP Data Innovations. He held these two positions for years in addition to being a Chairman of ATP.
Timing is particularly interesting...
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Fascinating pple I met last Dec.
They hunt for living, don't keep any animals, don't do farming, don't know how to count or how old they are. They migrate every 3 months following wildlife, sleep inside caves of baobab, smoke weed 24/7 & die young.
I lived my life the wrong way.
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@swilkinsonbc
@NikiSubutai
Then we shall boycott the Superman Legacy in the cinemas as well as all online streaming platforms that show it.
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These are the guys that refused to sign a letter in support of low earning players, for fairer distribution of profits. Now they are working against the new player union literally from their yachts, and siding with the ATP because they own tournaments. Don't forget that.
Fedal be like guys I know these are difficult times but we need to stick together, everything will be fine !
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I wish tennis had a journalist or two like this. Governance would look different today.
Quality journalists investigate governing bodies, organisers, expose corruption, conflict of interests, violation of rights, and don't obsess over individual players.
RIP Andrew.
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After One Year, Professional Tennis Players Association Has 500 Members And Is Expanding Benefits
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@driverminnie
@Kriskel974
@tnnsforce
I've seen plenty of nasty characters trying to defame Novak over the years, but nothing that was this obvious and unintelligent. Why tell on yourself?
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.
@ptpaplayers
presser,
@DjokerNole
:
"We want to build organisation and platform for future generations to come"
Both he and
@VasekPospisil
acknowledged this is taking a lot of energy but they are doing it to help low ranked players and create fairer and more transparent system
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Post-truth politics: An environment in which facts are viewed as irrelevant, or less important than personal beliefs and opinions, and emotional appeals are used to influence public opinion.
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Huge congrats to Ons Jabour - the first African/Arab woman to win Masters 1000 event👏
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He got out of detention just hours ago. Give him a minute. There is no way he is not going to make a case for refugees in the detention centre once the tournament is over.
Djokovic could have used his experience over the last week to make a global plea for better conditions for migrants and refugees.
Instead, his circle just made a case for why he didn’t deserve *their* experience because he’s Spartacus or Jesus or some other heroic figure. 🙄
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@CristinaNcl
@YahooSportAu
"Serb thought he'd been granted exemption to compete by Tennis Australia, only for the decision to be overturned by the Border Force and subsequently upheld in court."
Incorrect. Garbage.
"Thought he'd been granted" - had been granted.
"subsequently upheld in court" - nope.
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Explains why some evidence is bogus and why other didn't really evidence anything. There is no evidence in this case at all. That's how broad power the Minister has that his solicitors didn't need to make much effort.
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@TraceyLeeHolmes
Stripping points is one thing. Deciding that players cannot retain last years points and will lose them is another thing. Djokovic loses the most - 2000 points as a winner. Cannot defend them. Due to this, he loses nr 1 spot in rankings. And Medvedev becomes world nr 1.
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"You are not answering my question Madam Albright!". Everything this student said in the video is brilliant. Issues we are facing now were identical to the issues back then.
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.
@BenRothenberg
is a yellow presser who made career of bullying and belittling tennis players, and behaving like a sociopath.
It is time for
@nytimes
to get rid of whatever contract they have. He is an embarrassment.
Pro tennis player wrote an open letter to him.👇
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@TennisBuzz
Donated more $$ than any other tennis player (millions to three countries) to fight Covid.
As for the bullying - the very fact that ND is called on & berated for not being vaccinated 2 seconds after winning GS is a proof enough. It's been 2 yrs of this. Everyone's tired already.
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Found behind a football field in Bosnia. Not into symbolism but...
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@Yolitatennis
@Slate
Not to mention setting the record for online (means younger people) viewing figures at 53.8 million vs previous record of 30.5 million. "Not too bad".
What a two weeks it was - thank you for joining us! 🙌
This year's figures beat the previous high of 30.5m in 2021 💻
More ⤵️
#Wimbledon
#BBCTennis
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When Biden was suggesting to bomb and have a "Japanese-German style occupation" of Serbia. The third clip is scary, he looks possessed. I've never heard him make a coherent argument or say something respectable. This BS is likely appealing only to the uneducated and brainwashed.
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@CraigMurrayOrg
@ResistanceTVPod
Announcing and promoting further grave breaches of international law and a land grab is ok, while a conference to talk about human rights and equality was shut down and people censored in Berlin (of all places). Fascism is back, it seems. We're in for rough times.
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@rogerwaters
Please sign and re-post this DiEM25 petition to ban Israel from international sport
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- Transfer of case to the Federal Court
- Start at 9.30am, Sun.
- Disputing whether the proceedings will be head by full court (this removes the possibility of appeal and is favoured by the Applicant) or a single judge (w possibility of appeal and is favoured by the Respondent)
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Strong support from World Players for
@ptpaplayers
is significant. This organisation counts 100+ players associations including ca. 85000 athletes worldwide and stands for advancement of the rights of the players at the global level.
📢 We support
@ptpaplayers
who aim to provide better support, opportunities and working conditions for current and future players.
💪All athletes must enjoy the right to organize and collectively bargain.
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Adam Larry, Exe. Director of
@ptpaplayers
:
Players have no chance to look at the ATP plan that will lock in the market for 30 years. There are a lot of questions about that plan that players deserve to have answered (paraphrased).
This is the list of questions players posed:
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@Theholisticpsyc
Syria is more in need of help (because of US sanctions that make it impossibly to deliver aid) and watch out for fake aid collectors out there. Find a safe donation platform, or go to your local Syrian church or mosque and try that way. Find local communities, they'll know.
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