FIFA and UEFA suspend all Russian international and club teams from competitions

By Matias Grez, CNN

Updated 1747 GMT (0147 HKT) February 28, 2022

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(CNN)FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from their competitions «until further notice,» the governing bodies announced in a joint statement on Monday

FIFA, world football's governing body, and UEFA, European football's governing body, said that both organizations' presidents — Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin — «hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people.»More to follow...