Paralympics: The International Paralympic Committee plans to make a decision on the matter on Wednesday. It would be a heavy blow to Russia. In 2018 in Pyeongchang, the Russian athletes – at that time listed as neutral athletes because of the big doping scandal – achieved the second best yield. By the way: Belarus was also well represented in South Korea in eighth place in the medal table.
Ice Hockey World Championship: An Ice Hockey World Championship without Russia was previously unimaginable. The Sbornaja has won the title 27 times, making it the record winner alongside Canada. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, Russia narrowly missed out on the title in the final against Finland. The northern Europeans are now hosting the World Cup from 13th to 29th May and have already made it clear that they do not want the presence of Russia and Belarus. The world association IIHF must decide.
Basketball European Cup: Russian teams are excluded from the Euroleague and the Eurocup for the time being. Affected in the Euroleague are CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg and Unics Kazan. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar plays in the Eurocup. The Euroleague wants to continuously monitor the development of the situation. If the situation does not change, all regular-season games against Russian teams would be canceled and the league tables would be adjusted. The European Basketball Championship will also take place from September 1st to 18th, when Russia should actually play in Group A in Tbilisi.
handball: The European Handball Federation EHF has suspended Russia and Belarus for the time being. According to the decision of the EHF Executive Committee, neither the national teams nor clubs from the two countries are allowed to participate in European competitions. For example, Meshkow Brest from Belarus is affected in the men’s Champions League. Rostov-Don and CSKA Moscow play in the premier class for women.
Source: dpa