The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected this Tuesday the request of the Russian Football Federation (FUR) of provisionally suspend the sanctions taken by UEFA against Russian clubs and teams due to the invasion of Ukraine.
So, the Russian teams remain excluded from European competitions until a final decision is made on the FUR appeal, while the TAS promised a decision “by the end of the week” on the eventual suspension of the sanctions taken by FIFA.
Specifically, the Spartak Moscow remains excluded from the Europa League, and the women’s team set aside for Eurocopa-2022 in England, except final decision before the appointment.
On the bottom, the “CAS arbitration process continues. The parties did not agree on an accelerated procedure and a hearing has not yet been set, ”says the Lausanne-based body, without specifying the reasons for its decision.
The February 28thin a joint statement, the UEFA and FIFA decided to exclude Russian teams of international competitions due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, applying the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee.
The soccer instances had maintained the mystery about the legal motivations for that decisionwhich led the Russian Football Federation to go to sports justice.
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UEFA had mentioned in a letter to its federations the “serious concerns about the ability to ensure the safety of all”, as well as the closure of airspace.
For Russian football, the harshest sanction is exclusion by FIFA from the race to the 2022 World Cup of Qatar (November 21-December 18), which deprived Sbornaya of the playoff they were due to play at the end of March.
The TAS must decide in the coming days whether to maintain or suspend that sanction the time of the procedure, a particularly thorny decision since the rivals of the Russians have already shown their refusal to face them.
At the moment, the FIFA directly qualified Poland, who had to face Russia, for the playoff final, against the winner of Sweden-Czech Republic. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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