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Biden announces Siemens investment in Texas, planned factory jobs. The FIFA Bureau was set to only require the six regional confederation presidents to confirm the decision in writing. UEFA called a meeting of its executive committee for later Monday and is expected to exclude Russian teams from its competitions based on the IOC announcement. UEFA allowed Spartak to take its place in the round of 16 draw on Friday, one day after Putin ordered the invasion to start. In European club soccer, Russian team Spartak Moscow is still scheduled to play next week in the Europa League against German club Leipzig. The World Cup is scheduled to begin on Nov. “The Swedish Football Association is disappointed with FIFA’s decision but is determined to continue to work together with other federations to cancel Russia’s matches in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers,” the body said Monday, citing the “illegal and deeply unjust invasion of Ukraine.” Besides Poland, potential opponents Sweden and the Czech Republic have said they would refuse to take the field against Russia. Instead, it said the country's national team will have to compete under the name of its federation, the “Football Union of Russia” as punishment. Over the weekend, FIFA declined to ban Russia from the World Cup. Sports bodies across Europe already had moved against Russia on Monday by refusing to host or play against teams from the country.įinland wants the Russian hockey team banned from the men’s world championships it will host in May, the Swiss soccer federation said its women’s team will not play Russia in July at the European Championship, and German soccer club Schalke said it had decided to end its longstanding partnership with Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. Russian Olympic committee leader Stanislav Pozdnyakov said in a statement “there is only one comment to make - we categorically disagree,” adding it would help national federations to challenge “discriminatory rulings.” Where exclusion was “not possible on short notice for organizational or legal reasons,” then teams from Russia and Belarus should compete as neutral athletes with no national flag, anthem or symbols, including at the upcoming Winter Paralympics in Beijing. It was not a total blanket ban by the IOC, which also did not specifically suspend the national Olympic committees of Russia and Belarus. The IOC said it acted “with a heavy heart,” but noted that the impact of war on Ukrainian sports and athletes who cannot now take part in competitions outweighed the potential damage done to athletes from Russia and Belarus. The Olympic body's call also applied to athletes and official from Belarus, which has abetted Russia's invasion by allowing its territory to be used to station troops and launch military attacks. Putin's golden Olympic Order, which was awarded in 2001, has been withdrawn, the IOC said in a statement. 
The IOC also went directly after President Vladimir Putin, who turned the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics into a personal project. With a direct impact on Russia playing World Cup qualifiers next month, FIFA already said Sunday it was talking to the IOC about excluding the country from competitions “should the situation not be improving rapidly.” They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private discussions before FIFA and UEFA decision-makers can ratify the ban later Monday. World Rugby's executive committee banned Russia and Belarus from all international rugby and cross-border club rugby activities, saying it condemned “Russia’s aggressive invasion of Ukraine and the facilitation of this action by Belarus.”įIFA was in talks with European soccer body UEFA on the details of suspending Russia's national and club teams, people with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press. It was unclear how the IOC’s request will affect Russian hockey players in the NHL and tennis players, including top-ranked Daniil Medvedev, in Grand Slam, ATP and WTA tournaments outside the authority of the International Tennis Federation.
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