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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
An Egyptian athlete on Saturday slammed the hypocrisy on rules related to mixing politics and sports amid encouragement to speak out in support of Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of its neighbouring country. Squash player Ali Farag, who won the Optasia Championship title at the Wimbledon Club in London, used his victory speech to address the hypocrisy, which saw athletes penalised for speaking out on politics, including the oppression faced by Palestinians for years. “We’ve never been allowed to speak about politics in sports, but all of a sudden now it’s allowed,” Farag said, calling on people…