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The 2026 European Fencing Championships, which had originally been scheduled to take place in Tallinn this June, have been moved to France, after the sport's governing body demanded Russian and Belarusian athletes be able to compete under a neutral flag.

When Christine Karelska decided to study the politics of football during an international relations course in Tallinn, it raised a few eyebrows. Now assistant to the vice mayor of Odesa, Karelska spoke to ERR News' Michael Cole about her research on women's football in Ukraine and why sports diplomacy is so important during times of war.