Russia fails to get football ban for Ukraine war overturned after launching legal cases against Fifa and Uefa

RUSSIA has failed in its bid to get the country’s football ban overturned. The Football Union of Russia and four leading clubs launched legal cases against Fifa and Uefa over the bans imposed following the invasion of Ukraine. 1 Uefa and Fifa have seen their bans imposed on Russia upheld by CAS following the Ukraine invasion Credit: PA Russia was booted out of the scheduled World Cup play-off with Poland. The nation was also banned from competing at this month’s Women’s European Championship. Uefa also ruled that clubs from the country could not take part in European competitions. That means… Read Full Article