28 FEBRUARY 2022, SHANK NEWS - PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON FIFA TO EXPEL RUSSIA FROM THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP AND UEFA EURO 2022, DUE TO BE STAGED IN ENGLAND THIS SUMMER. THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES HAVE JOINED POLAND, SWEDEN AND CZECH REPUBLIC IN CALLING FOR FOOTBALL'S WORLD GOVERNING BODY TO REMOVE RUSSIA FROM THE SPORT IN THE WAKE OF THEIR INVASION OF UKRAINE, AND THREAT TO NATO ALLIES TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN RESPONSE TO SANCTIONS.
ALL THREE BRITISH NATIONS HAVE REFUSED TO PLAY RUSSIA AT ANY LEVEL OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FOOTBALL, FOLLOWING POLAND, SWEDEN AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC, WHO COULD PLAY RUSSIA IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP NEXT MONTH.
THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION, AND FIFA HAVE SAID THEY WILL REVIEW THE SITUATION AND IS IN ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND UEFA. IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT IF THE IOC BANS RUSSIA AT ITS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY THEN FIFA AND UEFA WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
ALL THREE BRITISH NATIONS HAVE REFUSED TO PLAY RUSSIA AT ANY LEVEL OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FOOTBALL, FOLLOWING POLAND, SWEDEN AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC, WHO COULD PLAY RUSSIA IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP NEXT MONTH.
THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION, AND FIFA HAVE SAID THEY WILL REVIEW THE SITUATION AND IS IN ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND UEFA. IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT IF THE IOC BANS RUSSIA AT ITS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY THEN FIFA AND UEFA WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
