{"id":5959,"date":"2023-09-14T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=5959"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-moving-to-ban-belarus-neutral-tennis-players-from-competitions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/5959\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania moving to ban Belarus&#8217; neutral tennis players from competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 14,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>The Lithuanian Tennis Union (LTS) proposed adding Belarusian and Russian tennis players competing as neutrals to the Lithuanian list of &#8220;undesirable persons,&#8221; its President Ram\u016bnas Gru\u0161as told the parliamentary committee on youth and sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LTS has already suspended all professional tennis tournaments in the country as it does not agree with the international federations&#8217; requirement to allow athletes competing under a neutral flag,&nbsp;<em>LRT&nbsp;<\/em>reported citing him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Association of Tennis Professionals may authorize Lithuania to host the competitions without neutral athletes from Belarus and Russia if the country\u2019s authorities blacklist them as &#8220;undesirable persons,&#8221; the official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 14,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The Lithuanian Tennis Union (LTS) proposed adding Belarusian and Russian tennis players competing as neutrals to the Lithuanian list of &#8220;undesirable persons,&#8221; its President Ram\u016bnas Gru\u0161as told the parliamentary committee on youth and sports. 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