Member of European Parliament Rebecca Harms in an interview with Germany's Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung has urged politicians and football fans to boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia, according to the Ukrainian media outlet Europeiska Pravda.
Ukraine's double women's reigning world chess champion says she will not attend the $2 million world speed-chess championship after the game's governing body awarded the tournament next month to Saudi Arabia, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).