Sports bodies move further to isolate and condemn Russia

Published February 28, 2022 5:57 AM

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer

GENEVA (AP) — Sports bodies across Europe have moved to further isolate and condemn Russia following its invasion of Ukraine by refusing to host or play against teams from the country. Finland wants the Russian hockey team to be banned from the men’s world championships it will host in May, the Swiss soccer federation says its women’s team will not play Russia in July at the European Championship, and German soccer club Schalke says it had decided to end its longstanding partnership with Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. The wave of opposition to Russian teams and athletes has not yet extended to a ban. Nor has the International Olympic Committee suspended Russia or Belarus.

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