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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 07:07 PM
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UAE refuses visa so Israeli player can compete
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29225263/


PARIS - Dubai's lucrative tournament risks being struck from the women's tennis calendar after the United Arab Emirates refused a visa to Israeli player Shahar Peer.

WTA Tour chairman Larry Scott said Monday that barring Peer threatens the principle that sports and politics should not mix.

Speaking by telephone to The Associated Press, he said the WTA will consider what "types of sanctions are going to be deemed to be appropriate in light of what has happened, including whether or not the tournament has a slot on the calendar next year."
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 08:56 PM
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1. This is almost as assinine as when that champion Iranian wrestler dropped out of the Olympics
because his first opponent was from Israel.
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