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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Nick Selbe Soccer’s international governing body has decided to bar Russia’s national teams from international competitions. View the original article to see embedded media. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, FIFA has banned the country from all international competitions—including qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup. In a joint statement, FIFA and UEFA announced that the ban will apply to the country’s men’s and women’s national teams, as well as any club teams competing in any FIFA or UEFA competitions. “These decisions were adopted today by the Bureau of the FIFA Council and the…