23 FEBRUARY 2022, SHANK NEWS - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. LAST NIGHT'S SPEECH BY VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE ACTIONS OF RUSSIA ON THE BORDER OF UKRAINE MUST RESULT IN RUSSIA BEING OUTCAST FROM THE CIVILISED WORLD. WAGING WAR OR AT LEAST THREATENING THAT ON A DEMOCRATIC STATE WITH NO GENUINE REASON SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SEE RUSSIA BANNED ON THE WORLD STAGE, AND WHEN YOU ADD THIS TO THEIR CONSISTENT DRUG-CHEATING AND CORRUPTION IN SPORT OVER THE LAST DECADE AND MORE IT IS TIME FOR SPORTS WORLD GOVERNING BODIES TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION.
IN FOOTBALL, FIFA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BAN RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAMS FROM COMPETITION FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS INCLUSIVE OF THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP AND 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP, 2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP AND ANY YOUTH COMPETITIONS. UEFA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BAN ALL RUSSIAN CLUBS FROM UEFA COMPETITIONS AND PROHIBIT THE NATION FROM STAGING UEFA EVENTS FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS UNTIL THE END OF 2026. THE 2022 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN ST PETERSBURG THIS MAY, BUT IT SEEMS UEFA MAY REMOVE THE MATCH AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER EUROPEAN CITY.
IN FORMULA 1 THE FIA/FORMULA 1 SHOULD REMOVE THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX FROM THE SCHEDULE AND NEVER RETURN, AND ALL FIA SANCTIONED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM STAGING EVENTS IN RUSSIA.
WORLD ATHLETICS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STATE THAT NO FUTURE WORLD OR EUROPEAN ATHLETICS EVENT WILL BE STAGED IN RUSSIA FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND BAN ALL RUSSIAN ATHLETES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
AND INSTEAD OF ALLOWING RUSSIA TO COMPETE UNDER THE ROC BANNER AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SHOULD FINALLY BAN RUSSIA AND THEIR ATHLETES FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2024, 2026 AND 2028, AND PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE BIDS FOR OLYMPIC GAMES FROM RUSSIAN CITIES. OTHER BODIES SUCH AS THE FIS, IBU, UCI, ATP TOUR, IGF, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF AND IBO SHOULD BAN RUSSIAN ATHLETES FROM ALL LEVELS OF SPORT IN WINTER SPORTS, TENNIS, GOLF, CYCLING AND BOXING.
IT IS TIME FOR SPORT TO STOP RELYING ON RUSSIAN MONEY AND STOP GIVING THIS DICTATOR ON THE FRINGES OF EUROPE A STAGE TO DEMONSTRATE HIS POWER.
IN FOOTBALL, FIFA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BAN RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAMS FROM COMPETITION FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS INCLUSIVE OF THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP AND 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP, 2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP AND ANY YOUTH COMPETITIONS. UEFA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BAN ALL RUSSIAN CLUBS FROM UEFA COMPETITIONS AND PROHIBIT THE NATION FROM STAGING UEFA EVENTS FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS UNTIL THE END OF 2026. THE 2022 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN ST PETERSBURG THIS MAY, BUT IT SEEMS UEFA MAY REMOVE THE MATCH AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER EUROPEAN CITY.
IN FORMULA 1 THE FIA/FORMULA 1 SHOULD REMOVE THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX FROM THE SCHEDULE AND NEVER RETURN, AND ALL FIA SANCTIONED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM STAGING EVENTS IN RUSSIA.
WORLD ATHLETICS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STATE THAT NO FUTURE WORLD OR EUROPEAN ATHLETICS EVENT WILL BE STAGED IN RUSSIA FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND BAN ALL RUSSIAN ATHLETES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
AND INSTEAD OF ALLOWING RUSSIA TO COMPETE UNDER THE ROC BANNER AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SHOULD FINALLY BAN RUSSIA AND THEIR ATHLETES FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2024, 2026 AND 2028, AND PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE BIDS FOR OLYMPIC GAMES FROM RUSSIAN CITIES. OTHER BODIES SUCH AS THE FIS, IBU, UCI, ATP TOUR, IGF, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF AND IBO SHOULD BAN RUSSIAN ATHLETES FROM ALL LEVELS OF SPORT IN WINTER SPORTS, TENNIS, GOLF, CYCLING AND BOXING.
IT IS TIME FOR SPORT TO STOP RELYING ON RUSSIAN MONEY AND STOP GIVING THIS DICTATOR ON THE FRINGES OF EUROPE A STAGE TO DEMONSTRATE HIS POWER.
