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St. Petesburg (Russia), July 2 (EFE) .- (Camera: Ignacio Ortega) The streets of St. Petesburg are filled with Spanish fans who will support the national soccer team in this afternoon's game at 6:00 p.m. against the Swiss team at the Krestovski stadium.FOOTAGE OF THE SPANISH FANS IN ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
London, Jun 26 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Eugenia Francisco / Clàudia Sacrest) London's neighborhood of Wimbledon is preparing to host the great annual event of the historic tennis tournament, which begins this Monday, with the shop windows decorated for the occasion and its streets full of purple and green institutional flags of the championship.FOOTAGE OF THE PREPARATION FOR THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN THE WIMBLEDON VILLAGE LONDON NEIGHBORHOOD. SOUNDBITES BY FRANCK MASSAUD, FRIARWOOD WINE STORE MANAGER, WINBLEDON VILLAGE, AND FROM BERNARDO NEVILLE, RESTAURANT OWNERTRANSLATION NEVILLEWe are very close to the stadium and in general this area is where the players go around," explains the owner, Bernardo Nevillie. "There are not as many people as in the center and they feel a little more sheltered from the people, who ask them autographs, "he argues.
Gigi Hadid injured her arm while training with Serena Williams for a virtual tennis match that will take place over Facebook.
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova shared her happiness at returning to the sport, Wednesday, after beating Roberta Vinci in the first round of the Stuttgart Open in Germany, her first match since the end of her doping ban. Sharapova came back to the court for the first time in 15 months, after failing a drug test at the Australian Open in 2016. She had been taking the drug ‘Meldonium,' which had been given to her by her family doctor for the past 10 years and was not on the banned substances list for that period. Meldonium was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances on Jan. 1, 2016. It is used medically to treat ischemia, or a lack of blood flow.
More than 2,000 police and security officials are in the French town of Lens, where thousands of fans have descended to watch England play Wales in the Euro 2016 soccer tournament.