“Under the impression of the events in Ukraine, today’s game is against CSKA Moscow has been postponed to a later date at short notice”, announced Bayern Munich on Thursday (02/24/2022). A new date was set for the match in basketball Euroleague not known.
The games between Baskonia Vitoria and Unics Kazan on Thursday and between Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Barcelona on Friday were also canceled for the time being. It’s about “a precaution”said the euroleague.
Streaming service cancels transmission
Previously, Telekom had the transfer of the Munich euroleaguegame on its website “MagentaSport”. “Due to the Russian attack on Ukraine, MagentaSport becomes today’s Euroleague– Game between FC Bayern Munich and CSKA Moscow not broadcast”it said in the statement on Thursday.
It was further communicated: “The other games with Russian participation will also be canceled until further notice.” Telekom holds the broadcasting rights to the competition for the German market.
Euroleague wants competition to “continue as planned”
The eurosleague had meanwhile announced that she was holding “the situation under constant observation”. You want for now “continue the competition as planned”. “Unless the integrity of all participating teams is at risk and/or there are official decisions that prevent games from being played under normal circumstances.”
Meanwhile, Lithuanian giants Zalgiris Kaunas will not travel to Russia for their away games in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Zalgiris should be in the Euroleague at CSKA Moscow on March 25 and at Zenit st Petersburg on April 8th.
“We will talk to teams from Western European clubs and propose a joint decision not only not to play matches in Russia, but also to boycott all matches against Russian teams,” wrote Zalgiris director Paulius Motiejunas.