Sport could be a key player in the Ukraine peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Sport could be a key player in the Ukraine peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

While “land swapping” and “combat lines” are set to dominate the discussions at an Anchorage army base this week, geopolitical experts have suggested sport could be used as a soft diplomacy tool, to demonstrate friendship between foes.

It comes after a surprise invitation to foreign journalists to attend the Russian Athletics National Championships in Kazan last weekend, after years of silence.

“One imagines that when Russian and US officials meet in Alaska, there will be more on the agenda than just discussions about Ukraine,” Professor Simon Chadwick t

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