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A bit of necroposting, but there was some recent development on the sporting things related to the invasion.

First, it seems Russia managed to successfully appeal against one of their many sanctions: in Luge, more precisely, to the dismay of the international federation of the sport. They are trying to solve that at least.

Now, Russia was supposed to host the men's volleyball world championship this year but they were stripped of the rights for very obvious reasons. Now the new hosts are named, Poland and Slovenia, with the former repeating their role as the host of the later stages of the tournament after 8 years.

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Nothing on the FIVB side of things as of now, but as the local federation did post about it, it seems true until further notice. Also noteworthy that Poland also is co-hosting with The Netherlands the women's world championship.

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A bit of necroposting, but there was some recent development on the sporting things related to the invasion.

First, it seems Russia managed to successfully appeal against one of their many sanctions: in Luge, more precisely, to the dismay of the international federation of the sport. They are trying to solve that at least.

Now, Russia was supposed to host the men's volleyball world championship this year but they were stripped of the rights for very obvious reasons. Now the new hosts are named, Poland and Slovenia, with the former repeating their role as the host of the later stages of the tournament after 8 years.

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Nothing on the FIVB side of things as of now, but as the local federation did post about it, it seems true until further notice. Also noteworthy that Poland also is co-hosting with The Netherlands the women's world championship.

Quoting myself here because there is a update on FIVB mens volleyball WC. Here´s the official statement of the federation, which also mention two important things.

https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/poland-and-slovenia-to-host-relocated-fivb?id=96851

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Poland And Slovenia To Host Relocated FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022
Ukraine national team has been invited to replace Russia in the competition line-up

The FIVB and Volleyball World have announced that Poland and Slovenia will host the relocated FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022, with other European countries also potentially joining at a later stage, after the event was removed from Russia due to war in Ukraine.

Poland and Slovenia were two of many world-class volleyball destinations to step forward and offer to host the event, which will be held later this year, after Volleyball World opened an accelerated bidding process last month.

In addition, as per the FIVB’s regulations and with Poland and Slovenia already qualified for the event, Ukraine has been invited to replace Russia in the competition line up as the next highest ranked team in the World Ranking. The Russia men’s national will not take part after the country was declared ineligible to participate in all international and continental events until further notice.

In a clear demonstration of European solidarity, there is also the potential for one or several more European nations to join Poland and Slovenia in hosting the event, and these will be announced accordingly at a later stage.

FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° said:

“The FIVB is delighted that the volleyball loving nations of Poland and Slovenia will welcome the Volleyball Family this summer for one of the biggest celebrations in our sport. Both countries have a proven track record of hosting FIVB events and are well equipped to host an exceptional Men’s World Championship.

“I would like to offer my sincerest gratitude for all the nations who expressed an interest in stepping up at volleyball’s time of need. For me, the way the Volleyball Family has come together in solidarity at this time has been very touching, and we are proud to have been able to find such an amazing solution.”

So we have news that more countries in Europe could join the co-hosting party later, which might be a boon to Italy or France to get some of that pie or even the ones co-hosting the womens tournament with Poland, The Netherlands.

Another thing of interest is something that i initialy was specktical about seeing on Twitter, so i waited to see some official confirmation on that. GET READY FOR THIS:

RUSSIA GOT REPLACED BY UKRAINE!

Talk about a victory, huh? That is going to be really interesting.

Now, something else i saw; Russian Chess Federation is trying to switch continental affiliations to Asia to evade bans from the European Federation, Football may follow.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121915/rcf-votes-join-asian-chess-federation

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RCF votes to join Asian Chess Federation in attempt to bypass European suspension

 
 

The Russian Chess Federation Supervisory Board voted unanimously to join the Asian Chess Federation after its suspension by the ECU ©Getty Images

The Russian Chess Federation (RCF) has voted to join the Asian Chess Federation in an attempt to bypass its suspension by the European Chess Union (ECU) imposed due to the war waged on Ukraine.

The decision was taken unanimously by the RCF Supervisory Board, although the National Federation would be required to go through a lengthy process to change Continental Federation that could take up to three months, as reported by Russia's official state news agency TASS.

Russia and Belarus were suspended by the ECU at the beginning of March in response to the widely condemned invasion of Ukraine.

Later that month, both countries' national teams were suspended from International Chess Federation (FIDE) tournaments, although players are permitted to compete at individual events under the FIDE flag.

The chairman of the RCF's Board of Trustees is Dmitry Peskov, who is also the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He supported the decision taken by the Supervisory Board.

"Our chess players will be able to continue their performances, which is probably the most important thing," Peskov said, as reported by TASS.

Russian Sergey Karjakin, a beaten finalist in the 2016 World Chess Championship told TASS that the RCF "should not humiliate ourselves and ask for forgiveness, and we did the right thing by initiating transition".

Karjakin was suspended by the FIDE in March for six months after publishing a letter where he announced his support of Vladimir Putin’s actions.

Russia and its ally Belarus have largely been frozen out of international sport since the beginning of what Moscow claims is a "special military operation" on February 24.

The Russian Chess Federation's decision was backed by Sergey Karjakin, who has been banned by FIDE for six months after declaring his support for Russia's war in Ukraine ©Getty Images The Russian Chess Federation's decision was backed by Sergey Karjakin, who has been banned by FIDE for six months after declaring his support for Russia's war in Ukraine ©Getty Images

At least 1,982 civilians have been killed in the war, although it is feared the true figure is far higher, and more than 4.7 million people have fled Ukraine.

FIDE said the RCF would not need to approve a change of Continental Federation, but insisted it would not affect the sanctions it had imposed.

"The procedure for changing continental federations is governed by their internal rules and does not require formal approval from FIDE," a FIDE spokesperson said.

"However, this won't affect the sanctions approved by FIDE.

"Russian players would still need to compete under a neutral flag (FIDE's) or request transfer to a different federation in order to compete at FIDE events.

"And Russian teams would not be allowed to take part in world competitions, no matter what continental association they are affiliated to.

"The main difference this would make is that currently, Russia can't play at European Championships, and after this move, they might be allowed to compete at Asian Championships."

Insidethegames has asked the Asian Chess Federation for a comment.

A possible change from European to Asian governing bodies for Russia has also been mooted in other sports.

Russian sports news website Championat suggested last month that the Russian Football Union could consider a switch from UEFA to the Asian Football Confederation after its clubs and national teams were banned from competitions organised by the European governing body.

 

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Russian and Belarusian players barred from competing at Wimbledon tennis tournament

Wimbledon organizers announced on Wednesday that Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to compete at this year's grand slam following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"Given the profile of The Championships in the United Kingdom and around the world, it is our responsibility to play our part in the widespread efforts of Government, industry, sporting and creative institutions to limit Russia's global influence through the strongest means possible," the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said in a statement.
"In the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players with The Championships.
"It is therefore our intention, with deep regret, to decline entries from Russian and Belarusian players to The Championships 2022," it added.
The Kremlin said earlier on Wednesday that a ban on Russian players taking part at Wimbledon as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "unacceptable."
Government spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question concerning the barring of Russian and Belarusian players from the tournament which was reported by The New York Times, before AELTC officially made its statement.
"Making athletes victims of some kind of political prejudices, intrigues, hostile actions towards our country, is unacceptable. One can only express regret here," Peskov told a conference call with reporters.

"Considering that Russia is after all a very strong tennis country, our tennis players are in the top lines of the world ranking, the competition itself will suffer from their removal.
"I would like to wish the guys to do everything in order not to lose shape and not lose their world tennis class."
The ban on Russian players will prevent several high ranked players from competing at the iconic grass court grand slam.
Four Russian men, including world number two and reigning U.S Open Champion Daniil Medvedev, are currently ranked in the top 30 of the ATP Tour.
Russia has five women in the top 40 of the WTA Tour rankings.
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka is currently ranked fourth in the world and was a Wimbledon semi-finalist last year whilst compatriot Victoria Azarenka, a former world no.1, is currently ranked No. 18.
The AELTC's decision is the first time Russian and Belarusian players have been prohibited from competing in an elite tennis event.
Tennis governing bodies had banned Russia and Belarus from international team competitions following the invasion.
However, individual players are allowed to compete on the ATP and WTA Tours but not under the name or flag of their countries.
"We believe that today's unilateral decision by Wimbledon and the LTA to exclude players from Russia and Belarus from this year's British grass-court swing is unfair and has the potential to set a damaging precedent for the game," said the ATP in a statement.
"Discrimination based on nationality also constitutes a violation of our agreement with Wimbledon that states that player entry is based solely on ATP Rankings.
"Any course of action in response to this decision will now be assessed in consultation with our Board and Member councils."

News source:CNN

Date:2022/4/20

Link:https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/20/tennis/kremlin-wimbledon-russian-players-ban-spt-intl/index.html

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Surprising nobody here. Even more insulting to Putin since this involves his hometown. Just adding things on...

IIHF Strips Russia From Hosting the 2023 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships In St. Petersburg 

Latvia replaces Russia in the 2022 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship restart in August. All solely in Edmonton this time from the cancelled version with fellow Alberta city Red Deer. So no marvellous Matvei Michkov again:

https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32501/tournament_updates

Also the Helsinki portion of the upcoming World Ice Hockey Championship this May will instead be played at the older 8200-seat Helsinki Ice Hall being moved from the 13,349-seat Hartwall Arena/Helsinki Hall since Hartwall is actually owned and controlled by sanctioned Russian oligarchs associated with Putin--Arena Events Oy, a company of Gennadi Timtshenko and Roman Rotenberg since 2013. The sanctioned Russians own less than half of the arena's shares, but have a majority of the arena's control: 

https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000008682837.html

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That, and the fact St. Petersburg has a new 23,000-seat arena currently under construction planned for a next May opening for SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL as its primary tenant along with the 2023 IIHF WC to showcase the new arena. This arena would easily make it among the largest in all of Europe  

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That, and the fact St. Petersburg has a new 23,000-seat arena currently under construction planned for a next May opening for SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL as its primary tenant along with the 2023 IIHF WC to showcase the new arena. This arena would easily make it among the largest in all of Europe  

Oh they can surely fill it with some maZZ event anyway if it pleases Vlad.

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Nadal, Djokovic slam Wimbledon ban on Russian players

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic criticized Wimbledon's decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus from taking part in this year's tournament following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The two tennis greats said Sunday that Wimbledon had acted unfairly.

"I think it's very unfair of (on) my Russian tennis mates, my colleagues ... it's not their fault what's happening in this moment with the war," Nadal, a 21-time Grand Slam winner, said in Spain where both he and Djokovic are preparing to play in the Madrid Open.

"I'm sorry for them," Nadal said. "Wimbledon just took their decision ... the government didn't force them to do it."

Nadal added: "Let's see what happens in the next weeks, if the players will take some kind of decision in that regard."

The ATP and WTA tennis tours have both publicly criticized the All England Club's decision which was announced April 20.

Wimbledon starts on June 27.

The prominent players affected by the ban include reigning U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, and French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who are all from Russia. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, which has aided Russian forces, would also be unable to play.

Djokovic compared the situation of the excluded players to what he went through in January when he was unable to play the Australian Open. He was deported from Australia for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.

"It's not the same thing, but going through something similar earlier this year for myself, it's frustrating knowing that you're not able to play," Djokovic said. "I still stand by my position that I don't support the (Wimbledon) decision. I think it's just not fair, it's not right, but it is what it is."

The All England Club had justified its action in a statement first posted on Twitter.

"In the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players with The Championships," the statement said.

Date:May 2, 2022

News source:The mainichi

Link:https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220502/p2g/00m/0sp/020000c

 

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Again not shocking at all. UEFA really hitting Russian soccer even further in their punishment's extension following removing St. Petersburg's Zenit Stadium from hosting this year's UEFA Champions League Final. Russia's entire national soccer teams' programs at all levels and all of its pro clubs, male and female, are banned or suspended from the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League next season and all other UEFA competition until further notice with Scotland's Celtic and the Rangers duking it out in place of Zenit at the group stage. Spartak Moscow got ejected from Europa League's knockout rounds.

The Russian women, already qualified for next year's Euro 2022 Women in England starting July 6, will not participate and got removed from that with Portugal, a team Russia defeated in the qualifying playoffs, replacing Russia in Group C with The Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. That, and now being prohibited from the Australia-New Zealand 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification. Many nations' soccer federations worldwide are all on record in not wanting to compete against a Russian soccer team. So no seeing Nadya Bykova in action. Also, Russia's 2028 and 2032 Euro Championship hosting bids were removed, and the CAS rejected an appeal on the FIFA ban on the Football Union of Russia so Russia, with two wins away to join the field, could continue on its Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying endeavor: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/02/uefa-ban-russia-european-championship-world-cup/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/sports/soccer/russia-ban-euros-world-cup.html

 

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Really don't expect the Russian Volleyball Federation (VFR) will be successful with the Court of Arbitration in Sport in seeking $80 million damages for being stripped of the 2022 Men's World Volleyball Championship. Likely ruled against them by the time you read this despite as of this writing CAS not acquiring the VFR appeal. 

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Russia says it wants $80 million in compensation for losing the Volleyball World Championship. Sporting authorities say they haven't even been contacted.
Apr 11, 2022, 9:50 AMMascot symbol of the championship is Russia's Siberian cat, Tigrosha is seen before the drawing of lots ceremony for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 2022 Volleyball Men's World Championship was set to be held across 10 Russian cities in August and September.  Getty/Pavel Pavlov
  • Russia was set to host the Men's Volleyball World Championship later this year.
  • However, following the country's invasion of Ukraine, it was stripped of the right to do so.
  • Now, the Russian Volleyball Federation wants $80 million in compensation. 
  • UPDATE: The CAS told Insider that it is yet to receive any appeal from Russia.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has shut down claims that Russia is formally seeking $80 million in compensation after being stripped of the right to host the Volleyball Men's World Championship later this year.
 

Russia was scheduled to stage the tournament in August and September, with 10 cities including capital Moscow chosen to host matches.

However, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced last month that the event would no longer go ahead in Russia, in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Volleyball Federation (VFR) said last week that it was challenging the decision, with the organization's secretary general Alexander Yaremenko saying that it has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to try to secure a reimbursement for the loss of the tournament. 

"We submitted documents to CAS. We have collected all expenses, participation fee, preparation costs, including regional expenses, construction projects," Yaremenko said Wednesday, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti.

"The amount of compensation is almost $80 million."

The CAS, however, told Insider on Monday that Yaremenko's claim is not true.

"At the time of writing, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has not registered any procedures relating to the Volleyball Mens World Championship," a statement from CAS said.

The FIVB also told Inside the Games that it had yet to receive any communication regarding the VFR's reported appeal to the CAS.

"The FIVB has not received information on this through any official channel and is therefore not in a position to comment on the accuracy of this story or specific statements that the VFR allegedly plans on raising a claim against the FIVB," it said. 

"At this stage, we have no further comment on the matter."

Russia was largely frozen out by the rest the sporting world following its invasion of Ukraine in late February.

https://www.insider.com/russia-seeking-80-million-for-losing-volleyball-world-championship-2022-4

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Exclusive: Russia and Belarus to face vote on IPC membership in November
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By Geoff Berkeley  Saturday, 7 May 2022
The IPC is set to call for an Extraordinary General Assembly to address the membership of Russia and Belarus ©Getty Images
Russia and Belarus could lose their International Paralympic Committee (IPC) membership over the ongoing war in Ukraine as an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGM) looks set to be called to decide their fate and potentially oblige members to follow the Olympic Truce.

IPC President Andrew Parsons has told insidethegames that the organisation is planning to stage the meeting in November, when two motions are expected to be tabled to members in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, aided by Belarus.

Members are set to vote on whether to "suspend or terminate" the membership of the Russian Paralympic Committee and Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus.

Another vote is also being proposed for the EGM in which members would be asked whether adhering to the Olympic Truce - a peace agreement that runs from before the Olympics to the conclusion of the Paralympics - should be a "membership obligation".

Plans to hold the meeting come after Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from competing at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing in the wake of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

The IPC had initially allowed athletes from the two nations to participate as neutrals, only to perform a U-turn amid boycott threats from other countries.

"When it comes to the future, we don’t know," Parsons told insidethegames.

"It depends on what happens with the war.

"I believe that there is a direct link between the reaction of the international sporting community and in our case the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) and what is happening in Ukraine or what will happen in Ukraine."

Russia and Belarus have become pariahs in the world of sport as organisations continue to impose sanctions against the two countries, while Ukraine remains under attack from Russian forces.

Russian and Belarusian athletes were initially to be allowed to compete as neutrals at Beijing 2022 before being banned by the IPC ©Getty Images
Russian and Belarusian athletes were initially to be allowed to compete as neutrals at Beijing 2022 before being banned by the IPC ©Getty Images
Russian and Belarusian swimmers will be banned from participating at next month’s World Para Swimming Championships in Funchal in Portugal.

The NPCs of Russia and Belarus remain members of the IPC, but Parsons admits he is unsure when athletes from the two nations will re-enter international competition.

Parsons said the IPC had informed its 182-strong membership that there are plans to hold an EGM in the "first half of November" to address the status of Russia and Belarus.

"We are going to call an Extraordinary General Assembly which will probably take place around November together with our membership gathering where we will put forward two questions for the membership to decide," said Parsons.

"First of all, is [whether] we should include that respecting the Olympic Trust is a membership obligation because at the moment it is not.

"This is why we as a Board could not suspend Russia and Belarus as our first decision.

"If the membership says 'Yes' to that then in a similar situation in the future we can suspend them.

"It is like what happened [at Rio 2016] because providing a doping-free environment and so on and so forth it is a membership obligation and the Russian Paralympic Committee did not guarantee that which is why they were suspended in the lead-up to Rio 2016.

"In this case it was different.

"The second decision is [whether] the membership wants to suspend or terminate the membership of the National Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus.

"The General Assembly can suspend them and terminate their membership for these reasons whereas we, as a Board, can only spend suspend them if they breach a membership obligation."

IPC President Andrew Parsons gave an impassioned speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics following Russia's invasion of Ukraine ©Getty Images
IPC President Andrew Parsons gave an impassioned speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics following Russia's invasion of Ukraine ©Getty Images
Parsons added: "I think what will drive the opinion of the membership will be what is going on in Ukraine.

"If the war is over, that could be one decision.

"If the war is not over or getting worse with more people getting killed the decision could go another way. 

"At the end of the day it is a decision that our membership are going to make."

Following the conclusion of Beijing 2022, Russia and Belarus participated in a replacement multi-sport event staged in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk in March.

The competition was devised to allow athletes from the two nations to compete after they were banned from the Winter Paralympics.

There are also RPC plans to hold 30 competitions in Russia "with the participation of athletes from friendly countries".

At least 3,309 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the escalation of the conflict on February 24, according to he United Nations, although the true figure is believed to be far higher.

More than 5.7 million refugees have fled Ukraine.

More than 3,300 civilians have been killed in Ukraine following the Russian invasion ©Getty Images
More than 3,300 civilians have been killed in Ukraine following the Russian invasion ©Getty Images
Russia has been accused of committing a genocide by Ukrainian authorities, with mounting evidence that civilians have been murdered indiscriminately in some areas. 

Some estimates put the combined military death toll above 20,000.

Asked whether the IPC was still in contact with the RPC and Belarusian NPC, Parsons added: "They are not suspended at the moment.

"Other than not participating in competitions, we still have a relationship with them as members.

"We are in contact with them.

"I cannot say they are happy with the decisions.

"Because we foresee some legal challenges in the future, I don’t want to speculate too much on that, but we are in contact with them.

"They are not happy.

"They do not agree with the decisions that we made."

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122850/russia-belarus-ipc-membership-vote-egm

Yeah, it´s happening. First a vote to require observance of the Olympic Truce as a membership requirement and then a vote to see if Russia and Belarus are going to get the boot. The article also throw some insight on the whys and hows of the IPC on the situation, in particular reguard to Beijing 2022.

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As expected, Yekaterinburg lost the hosting rights for the 2023 Universiade for the reasons we all know.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122506/world-university-games-yekaterinburg

However, its kinda strange FISU took longer than expected to revoke the hosting rights. I assumed they did so months ago.

Not like they can celebrate it anyway given the Chengdu Universiade which was supossed to be held in 2021 (then to 2022) was delayed yet again to 2023 now that China lost control of the pandemic. Seems FISU got hit by the pandemic even worse than the IOC.

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What those articles that I last posted regarding the Russian women's national soccer team's suspension don't mention is that, along with Portugal now bound for EURO Women 2022 in England, Denmark clinches UEFA Group E and direct qualification to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand for the first time since 2007 in China with 21 points as no other team can catch them at this point. The Russian women had a 11-3 goal differential with easy shutout wins over Montenegro (5-0), Malta (3-0), Bosnia-Herzegovina (5-0), and Azerbaijan (2-0) and a later loss to Denmark (3-1) now nullified with upcoming games with those same group opponents cancelled. BIH now claims second in its group at 10 points with a chance for to be the runners-up advancing to the European play-offs first round if they are one of the other six runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).

Just yesterday, FIBA announces Puerto Rico will replace Russia at the upcoming 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball Championship in Sydney. Both ended up playing their game together in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where all of Russia's matches had to be played for FIBA qualification instead of Washington, DC due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, with the Russian women blowing the Puerto Ricans out.

Also, FIBA Executive Committee goes quick on its further suspensions on not just Russia but also Belarus by kicking both the RBF and BBF out from the 2023 FIBA World Basketball Championship and its qualifiers like Group H for Russia and Group B for Belarus, the U17 Women's World Basketball Championship, any FIBA Official Basketball Competitions planned to be held in Russia or Belarus until further notice, FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2022, FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2022, FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Qualifiers) 2022, FIBA 3x3 U17 Europe Cup Qualifiers 2022, and FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup 2022. And no Russian and Belarussian 3x3 teams and cities can either participate or host the  FIBA 3X3 World Tour, 3X3 Challengers, and 3x3 Women's Series:

https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-decisions-on-russia-and-belarus-for-upcoming-competitions

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Further details on FIBA's and FIBA Europe's kicking out of Russia and Belarus in all of the FIBA-sanctioned European basketball competitions at all levels, both national and club in standard and 3x3. Mentions also the replacement teams next in line or reducing the competition fields where applicable, although I do wish Great Britain would've registered for 2022 competitions and participate as a replacement. Could've be an inflection point in British basketball's long-term international development. Was this because of COVID in their case? 

https://www.fiba.basketball/news/russia-and-belarus-withdrawn-from-fiba-european-national-team-and-club-competitions

Good! Teach that misguided, smug, and pompous gymnast Ivan Kuliak a hard, major lesson about that Z. Especially when in a competition with Ukrainians participating and even shaking Ilya Kotvun's hand at the medal podium wearing that horrifying Z. Disgusting! Maybe FIG can get Svetlana Khorkina suffer the same:

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/gymnastics-2022-russian-ivan-kuliak-cops-one-year-ban-015004504.html

ATP and WTA will not award points from Wimbeldon this due to the All-England Tennis Club unilaterally banning Russian and Belarussian tennis players, rendering it as an exhibition and drew immediate condemnation from the WTA and ATP, more than a month away from Wimbeldon's start. Be interesting in how all this will unfold and effects the relationships of involved when it perhaps undermines the integrity of the rankings, the tennis players' equal opportunities, and equity among those three parties:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-belarus-mens-tennis-4bc8619e87a5cc1cdfa4d5eaac9fef67

 

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51 Ukrainian athletes have died in Russia's invasion

Ukraine's National Olympic Committee says 51 of the country's athletes have died due to Russia's invasion.

Committee President Sergey Bubka spoke on Friday in Lausanne at a session of the International Olympic Committee.

The former Olympic pole vault champion said the invasion has "destroyed our country and also destroyed our minds."

He said a promising teenage female gymnast is among the athletes who have died.

Bubka said he is working hard to support and keep Ukrainian athletes motivated, adding that he and IOC President Thomas Bach visited some who have fled the country.

Bach said the IOC's relationship with Russia's political leadership has deteriorated in recent years due to a number of issues, including a doping scandal.

Date:2022/5/21

News source:NHK world

Link to this article:https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220521_02/

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Bach claims IOC received "personal threats" from Russia, relationship has "dramatically deteriorated"

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"'Give Peace a Chance' - this was my appeal to the political leaders across the world in my opening and closing speeches in Beijing," the IOC President said here.

"As it turned out, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 were but a fleeting moment of hope that peace and the Olympic Truce would prevail.

"Unfortunately we could only appeal, because our relationship with the Russian political leadership has dramatically deteriorated over the past years.

"It deteriorated following the doping scandal, cyber attacks and even personal threats to individuals from the IOC and Olympic Movement."

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Bach issues warning to athletes who support Russian invasion of Ukraine

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"We are monitoring closely who is supporting this war with their statements or actions and have drawn and will draw the necessary consequences," said Bach.

"This has been demonstrated for example by FINA and FIG, who have sanctioned athletes that have expressed such support for the war.

"In judging this, we also have to realise that in Russia there is a law in place threatening anyone who speaks out against the war with up to 15 years in prison.

"Therefore, we can appreciate that, under such circumstances, silence in itself can be a message."

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"Following our sanctions and protective measures, we received questions from two angles," said Bach.

"The first question was: why did we react to this war in a different way than to the many other wars around the world?

"There are two answers to this.

"The first is [that] the war in Ukraine is different because it is a blatant violation of the Olympic Truce.

"The second is [that] the far-reaching political, social and economic consequences of the war make it a turning point in world history.

"The second question was why are our sanctions limited to the Government and national symbols and not extended to all members of the Russian Olympic community?

"The answer is [that] according to international rule of law, sanctions can and should only be imposed on those who are responsible for something.

"This war has not been started by the Russian people, the Russian athletes, the Russian Olympic Committee or the IOC members in Russia.

"Imagine where the precedent of such a breach of the rule of law would lead to.

"Every individual, every athlete, every sports official, every sports organisation would have to be punished for any illegitimate political action of their Governments.

"There is no justice if you paint everyone with the same brush.

"This would even be counterproductive because it would play into the propaganda of those who are claiming that sanctions are just a part of a wider conspiracy directed against their country."

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FINA took away Kazan's opportunity to host the FINA World 25m Swimming Championships and gave it to Melbourne instead that's now set to occur this December 17-22. Kazan was building a swimming arena just for that!

https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2022/05/20/melbourne-replaces-kazan-as-host-of-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m/

Adidas severs its ties to the Russian Football Union as its official athletic outfitter that was set to expire later this year in a agreement worth $14.4 million since 2018 in a related story to what I posted on Russian Soccer (actually went on since 2009). Guess this was easy for Adidas to do so. Plus, the German company pulls out all of its Russian-based stores. Nike, incidentally a former kit supplier for the RFU, is doing likewise like with a lot of other foreign companies like McDonald's, H&M, Uniqlo, and Starbucks not wanting to damage its global reputation being associated with Russia. They're making its merchandise unavailable to purchase in Russia. Nike also cancels its Spartak Moscow outfitting deal upon the club forced out of UEFA club competitions: 

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/adidas-russia-football-kit-sponsorship-deal-suspended/

https://www.benzinga.com/news/22/03/25916327/adidas-latest-company-to-cut-ties-with-russia-how-soccer-is-changing-up-the-game-during-ukraine-conf

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-03-08/card/adidas-closes-its-stores-in-russia-RdpeOsI4W0n7Q72skdQf

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-spartak-nike-sponsorship-canceled/31846560.html

https://fashionunited.uk/news/business/nike-cuts-ties-with-russian-football-team/2022051663098

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0513/1297810-nike-ends-sponsorship-deal-with-spartak-moscow/

Wonder if Puma pulled out of its partnership by now with the Russian Basketball Federation, fronted by its president and ex-NBA star Andrei Kirilenko?

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The UEFA Champions League match ball in St. Denis' Stade De France shows a redesigned look from it originally had for St. Petersburg in the UEFA Champions League Final supporting peace for Ukraine with the Russian word for peace. But it won't be mass produced for retail consumption instead will be auctioned off with proceeds going to the UNHCR

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Adidas Unveils Redesigned Match Ball for 2022 UEFA Champions League Final

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After the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final was moved from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Paris, France, manufacturer Adidas has taken the opportunity to redesign the match ball and include a message of peace.

The new match ball was unveiled on Tuesday, May 24 — four days ahead of the match between Liverpool and Real Madrid. It consists of silver star-shaped panels mixed in with white hexagonal panels. At least one of the white panels is inscribed with the word “мир” in Cyrillic, with its English translation (“Peace”) underneath.

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“The ball is designed to carry a simple message of peace, belonging, and hope that will be passed from player to player with every kick of the ball and beyond the Stade de France to the furthest corners of the world,” reads Adidas’s news release. “The broader design of the ball is noticeably devoid of colour, featuring pure white panels to symbolise truce and unity.”

The new ball will not be made available for retail sale. Instead, the match ball will be auctioned off following Saturday’s game, with proceeds going to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help people forced to flee their homes due to conflict and persecution.

The ball originally designed to be used in Saint Petersburg featured white star-shaped panels and depictions of the city’s skyline in the other panels.

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The day before the Champions League final, Adidas is organizing an “elite grassroots football tournament” at the Zinedine Zidane Playground in Saint-Denis. This tournament will feature eight teams from the Greater Paris region, each representing a city neighbourhood.

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https://news.sportslogos.net/2022/05/24/adidas-unveils-redesigned-match-ball-for-2022-uefa-champions-league-final/soccer/

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3 hours ago, Durban Sandshark said:

FINA took away Kazan's opportunity to host the FINA World 25m Swimming Championships and gave it to Melbourne instead that's now set to occur this December 17-22. Kazan was building a swimming arena just for that!

https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2022/05/20/melbourne-replaces-kazan-as-host-of-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m/

Kazan wasn't building a swimming arena just for the 25m swimming world championships. It was going to be hosted at the Palace of Water Sports where the 2015 World Aquatic Championships were hosted.

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