Russia excluded from the World Cup? Ukraine, Fifa evaluates the measure

The situation in Ukraine has led Fifa – and not only – to consider the exclusion of Russia from the play-offs for the World Cup in Qatar. The announcement could come in moments. As is known, the Russian national team should have faced Poland in Moscow on March 24, but the Poles have already made it known that they will not take the field, as well as Sweden and the Czech Republic, other possible opponents in the play-offs.

The first approach

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Yesterday FIFA had made it known that no international competition can be played in Russian territory and that the “home” matches will be played on a neutral field and without spectators, adding that Russia will not be able to participate with its name, but under the name “Football Union of Russia (RFU) “. A position considered by many to be too soft and that today seems destined to be changed.

The position of the IOC

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Moreover, just today the IOC had reiterated “its urgent recommendation not to organize any sporting event in Russia or Belarus, also asking to ban the athletes of the two countries from all international sporting events and, if it were not possible, to make them compete as neutral athletes.

The choice of the Euroleague

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A line already captured by basketball. The Euroleague Board has in fact just suspended CSKA Moscow, UNICS Kazan and Zenit St Petersburg from the Euroleague championship, and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar from the Eurocup. If the situation does not evolve in a favorable manner, all the regular season matches already played against the Russian teams will be canceled in order to be able to draw up a new ranking of the championships.