Fifa and Uefa have suspended all Russian football clubs and national teams after the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The ban has no specified date to be lifted “until further notice”, the world and European football governing bodies revealed.
He implication for Russian men’s team is that they will not play their World Cup play-off matches next month and
Meanwhile, the ban does not exclude the women’s team as they have also been banned from this summer’s Euro 2022 competition.
As RB Leipzig advance to the quarter-finals, the hope of Spartak Moscow moving to the next stage was differed after they were kicked out of the Europa League.
The war has also triggered sanctions by Uefa who have also ended its sponsorship with Russian energy giant Gazprom.
In reaction to the development, Fifa and Uefa have made a joint statement. They said,
“Both presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people.”
