How Manchester United and Man City could be impacted as UEFA ban Russia from Champions League

European football governing body UEFA has confirmed that it has banned Russian clubs from its competitions, whilst FIFA have confirmed that the country's national team has been banned from international tournaments "until further notice."

The decisions have been made following Russian president Vlavimir Putin's decision to invade neighbouring Ukraine on Thursday morning. Both UEFA and FIFA, as a result of Putin's actions, were immediately pressured into imposing sanctions against the country and they have now done so.

A statement released by UEFA/FIFA on Monday said: "Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice.

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"These decisions were adopted today by the Bureau of the FIFA Council and the Executive Committee of UEFA, respectively the highest decision-making bodies of both institutions on such urgent matters.

"Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine. Both Presidents 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."

The sanctions imposed by UEFA mean that Spartak Moscow have been kicked out of the Europa League, just days after being drawn against RB Leipzig in the last-16 of the competition. No Russian clubs are still in this season's Champions League.

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