Russian football will appeal against war sanctions, Court for Arbitration of Sport confirms

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed it has registered appeals lodged by the Football Union of Russia (FUR) which challenge the suspension of all Russian teams and clubs from competitions run by the international governing body FIFA, and Europe's regional football body UEFA.

The FUR has not stopped there, though.

Included in the appeal against FIFA is a file against the actions of the Polish Football Association, the Swedish Football Association, the Czech Football Association, the Football Association of Montenegro, and the Malta Football Association— the first nations that publicly refused to play Russian national or club teams in various competitions.

Likewise, the UEFA appeal includes files against the Hellenic Football Federation, the Belarus Football Federation, the Danish Football Association, the Luxembourgish Football Association, the Austrian Football Association, the Portuguese Football Federation, the English Football Federation, the Spanish Football Federation, the Irish Football Association and the French Football Association, which followed suit.

Now, Russian football authorities want their teams reinstated in all competitions including the qualifications for this year's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Each of the parties named has the opportunity to respond under the CAS arbitration code with the court to announce further details on the two separate arbitration procedures in the coming days.

There have been indications from other sporting bodies inside Russia that they may follow a similar path to the national football union.

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