FIFA has been branded an ‘absolute disgrace’ for failing to throw Russia out of the World Cup and allowing the nation to continue playing international football.
Football’s world governing body announced sanctions against Russia on Sunday, but they stopped short of an outright ban on participating in international competition.
Russia is allowed to compete under the name, ‘Football Union of Russia’, with no flag or anthem and it must find a neutral country to host its matches.
Now the UK government is set to condemn FIFA for failing to take tough enough action, according to the Telegraph, and Labour MP Chris Bryant has labelled the body’s response a ‘shambles’.
Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has advised that athletes from Russia and Belarus should be banned from all international sporting events, according to the Associated Press.
And UEFA, football’s European governing body, is taking further action against Russia.
FIFA is under mounting pressure to ban Russia from the World Cup and other competitions
Spartak Moscow are expected to be ejected from the Europa Champions League by UEFA
The pressure on FIFA to go further in it’s response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is building by the hour.
It’s initial response appeared to be an attempt to act in a way that was broadly consistent with the inclusion of the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2022 Winter Olympics. This allowed Russian athletes to compete, despite Russia receiving a two-year ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2019 for its state-sponsored doping program
However, on Monday, the IOC has advised that competitors from Russia and Belarus should be banned from all international sporting events.
The move follows an IOC Executive Board meeting where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was discussed. The IOC has withdrawn the Olympic order from Vladimir Putin ‘considering the extremely grave violation of the Olympic Truce and other violations of the Olympic Charter…
Source : dailymail
