Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing ripples throughout the sports world

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In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. In 2014, Russia waited six days after the closing ceremony of the Sochi Games to attack Crimea. Now, another six days after the conclusion of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Russia has stormed Ukraine.

The latest invasion is already causing ripples throughout the sports world. Soccer's Champions League final, scheduled for May in St. Petersburg, was reportedly pulled from the Russian city in response to the attack on Ukraine, among multiple other events that are now either in peril or scrapped entirely.

Winter sports World Cups in ski cross, aerials and parallel slalom snowboarding were scheduled to take place across Russia this week. The International Ski Federation (FIS) told CBC Sports the first two will go ahead as planned for now after athletes travelled directly from the Beijing Olympics. The snowboard event is listed as "cancelled" on the FIS website.

If the events do move forward, Canadians won't be involved. Alpine Canada, which oversees the ski cross team, told CBC Sports it was pulling its 15 athletes from the event and working with the ministers of global affairs and sports to secure them flights home as soon as possible.

The Canadian aerials team also didn't go to Russia. The cross-country team said it won't attend its late-March event in Russia following discussion with the federal government.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) each condemned Russia's attack, calling it a "breach of the Olympic truce" that runs from seven