<p>Spoof ads with tennis players appear near club in protest against sponsor’s ties to fossil fuels and arms companies</p><p>Hundreds of ads on commercial billboards, the tube and bus shelters near Wimbledon have been replaced with artwork taking aim at the tournament’s sponsorship with Barclays over its ties to fossil fuels and companies supplying arms to Israel.</p><p>Tournament organisers have come under pressure to drop the bank as a sponsor by climate groups and anti-war activists who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/28/wimbledon-urged-to-drop-barclays-as-sponsor-over-fossil-fuel-links">accuse</a> Barclays of using the event to “cover up its role” in funding the climate crisis and to “hide from accountability for its role in enabling Israel’s war crimes”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/01/artists-target-wimbledons-strawberries-and-cream-image-over-link-to-barclays">Continue reading...</a>
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