After Russia바카라s invasion of Ukraine, Poland stood firm in its stand on refusal to play Russia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff semifinal, in a protest against FIFA.
FIFA drew a swift backlash from European nations for not immediately expelling Russia from World Cup qualifying on Sunday and only ordering the country to play without its flag and anthem at neutral venues under the name of its federation 바카라 the Football Union of Russia. (More Football News)
Protesting against FIFA바카라s response to Russia바카라s invasion of Ukraine, Poland said it would still refuse to play the country in a World Cup playoff semifinal, which is scheduled for March 24.
바카라Today바카라s FIFA decision is totally unacceptable,바카라 Polish football federation president Cezary Kulesza tweeted. 바카라We are not interested in participating in this game of appearances. Our stance remains intact: Polish National Team will NOT PLAY with Russia, no matter what the name of the team is.바카라
The unanimous ruling by the FIFA Bureau, featuring the six regional football confederation presidents, said the Russian flag and anthem can바카라t be associated with the team playing as 바카라Football Union of Russia (RFU).바카라
바카라FIFA will continue its ongoing dialogue with the IOC, UEFA and other sport organizations to determine any additional measures or sanctions,바카라 FIFA said in a statement, 바카라including a potential exclusion from competitions, that shall be applied in the near future should the situation not be improving rapidly.바카라
The decision adopts the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling before the invasion of Ukraine, punishing Russia바카라s cover-up of the investigation into state-sponsored doping. It meant the Russians had to compete at the last two Olympics as the ROC team 바카라 Russian Olympic Committee.
FIFA had stalled implementing the ban on Russia competing under the country바카라s name until a potential qualification the World Cup. The winner of the Russia-Poland playoff is due to host Sweden or the Czech Republic on March 29 to decide who advances to the November 21-December 18 World Cup in Qatar.
Swedish federation president Karl-Erik Nilsson, the senior UEFA vice president, told the website Fotbollskanalen that he was not satisfied with the FIFA decision with a 바카라sharper stance바카라 expected. The Czechs said the FIFA compromise did not change their decision not to play Russia.
FIFA said it had engaged with the three associations and would remain in 바카라close contact to seek to find appropriate and acceptable solutions together.바카라
Separately, the English Football Association announced that its national teams would refuse to play Russia for the 바카라foreseeable future.바카라 Russia has qualified for the Women바카라s European Championship which is being hosted by England in June.
The English FA said the decision was taken 바카라out of solidarity with the Ukraine and to wholeheartedly condemn the atrocities being committed by the Russian leadership.바카라 The RFU바카라s president is Aleksandr Dyukov, who is chief executive of a subsidiary of state-owned energy giant Gazprom and also sits on the UEFA executive committee.
In France, the football federation president Noël Le Graët told the Le Parisien daily Sunday that he was leaning toward excluding Russia from the World Cup. 바카라The world of sport, and in particular football, cannot remain neutral,바카라 said Le Graët, who sits on the ruling FIFA Council and has recently been a close ally of the governing body바카라s president, Gianni Infantino.
A strict reading of FIFA바카라s World Cup regulations would even make the Polish, Swedish and Czech federations liable to disciplinary action and having to pay fines and compensation if they wouldn바카라t play Russia.
In 1992, however, FIFA and UEFA removed Yugoslavia from its competitions following United Nations sanctions imposed when war broke out in the Balkans. The FIFA Bureau, which is chaired by Infantino, includes UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin.
UEFA on Friday pulled the 2022 Champions League final from St. Petersburg, moving it to Paris, and said Russian and Ukrainian teams in its competitions must play home games in neutral countries. UEFA allowed Spartak Moscow to continue playing in the second-tier Europa League바카라s round of 16.
As Russia바카라s war on Ukraine entered a fourth day on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin temporarily lost his most senior official position in world sports. The International Judo Federation cited 바카라the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine바카라 for suspending Putin바카라s honorary president status.
The Russian president is a keen judoka and attended the sport at the 2012 London Olympics.
There was an abrupt resignation on Sunday from the Russian who is president of the European Judo Union, with Sergey Soloveychik referencing the 바카라heartache that we see the people in brotherly countries die바카라 but backing his country.
바카라No one doubts that my heart belongs to judo,바카라 he said. 바카라But it is equally true that it belongs to my homeland, Russia. We, judoka, must always be loyal to our principles.바카라 In Putin바카라s other favorite sport, ice hockey, Latvian club Dinamo Riga withdrew Sunday from the Russian-owned and run Kontinental Hockey League citing the 바카라military and humanitarian crisis.바카라
On Sunday, FINA announced the cancellation of the world junior swim titles which were scheduled from August 23-28 in Kazan. FINA said it was looking for a replacement host for the event.
바카라FINA remains extremely concerned with the continuing war in Ukraine and following ongoing consultation with athletes and stakeholders from the aquatics family, FINA can now confirm that the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships and FINA will not be holding any future events in Russia if this grave crisis continues,바카라 the FINA statement said.