MELBOURNE, Australia -- Four people were kicked out of the Australian Open after displaying Russian flags -- which have been banned from Melbourne Park -- and threatening security guards ...

Russian fans carry their flag during the first-round match between Medvedev and Giron for the 2023 Australian Open. Since the invasion of Ukraine in February of last year, both Russian and ...

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk said on Friday it “hurts a lot” to see Russian flags at the Australian Open despite the ban on them and was surprised by the lapse in security that allowed spectators ...

Spectators were initially permitted to bring the flags into Melbourne Park on the condition they did not cause "disruption".

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Melbourne Park precinct during the Australian Open after a complaint from the Ukraine ambassador to the country ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four people were kicked out of the Australian Open after displaying Russian flags — which have been banned from Melbourne Park — and threatening security guards, police and ...

Tennis Australia on Tuesday banned Russian and Belarusian flags at the Australian Open after Ukraine’s ambassador demanded action when they were seen among the crowd. Moscow called the ban an ...

But one of the Russian men involved told The Age ... the two countries are competing under a neutral white flag during the Australian Open, they were banned from playing at Wimbledon altogether ...