Athletes from an array of sports — professional and amateur — are showing in a variety of ways their support for Ukraine and its people amid Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war.
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(© Mark J. Terrill/AP Images)
Daria Saville of Australia, wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag, returns a shot at the BNP Paribas Open professional tennis tournament March 15 in Indian Wells, California.
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(© Brad Penner/USA Today Sports/Reuters)
U.S. college basketball players wear T-shirts supporting Ukraine before their games, including forward Paul Atkinson Jr., center, of Indiana’s Notre Dame. Atkinson was preparing for a game against Virginia Tech March 10 in Brooklyn, New York.
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(© Matthew Childs/Reuters)
Rachael Blackmore celebrates after winning the Champion Hurdle March 15 at Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England, while wearing an armband in support of Ukraine.
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(© Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Sacramento Kings center Alex Len of Ukraine, center, is joined by his teammates and players with the Denver Nuggets in a moment of silence before their game February 24 in Sacramento, California.
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(© Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Professional golfer Tommy Fleetwood of England wears a yellow and blue ribbon in support of Ukraine during a practice round before the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass March 8 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
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(© Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
Canada’s Gabriela Debues-Stafford, wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag in her hair, runs during the women’s 3,000 meter final of the World Athletics Indoor Championships March 18 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev wrote “No War Please” on a TV camera February 26 during the Dubai Championships.
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A Ukrainian flag is placed on the bumper of Joey Logano’s race car before the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 March 6 in Las Vegas.
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(© Alberto Lingria/Reuters)
Thomas Strakosha, from Albania, wears a shirt in support of Ukraine February 27 while warming up before a soccer match against Napoli in Rome. Strakosha plays for Lazio, an Italian professional sports club.
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Paralympian Oksana Masters of Team USA, who was born in Ukraine, wears a headband with a heart in Ukraine’s colors during training March 3 for the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Zhangjiakou, China.
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(© Amy Kontras/USA Today Sports/Reuters)
Jeremy Sochan, a forward with Baylor University in Texas, wears shoes showing support for Ukraine during a college basketball game March 10 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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(AP Photo/David Becker)
Players with the University of Colorado women’s basketball team line up for a moment of silence in support of Ukraine before a women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association game against Arizona March 3 in Las Vegas.
Banner image: Professional soccer players from the British Aston Villa team and Southampton pause in support of Ukraine before the Premier League match March 5 in Birmingham, England. (© Rebecca Naden/Action Images/Reuters)
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