Ukraine crisis: What action has sport taken in response to Russia's invasion?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted the world's sporting bodies to consider how they should treat athletes, officials and competitions associated with the conflict.

The International Olympic Committee has called on sports federations to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes, officials and teams from international events wherever possible.

The British Olympic Association and Olympic Federation of Ireland have also called for the removal of Russia and Belarus from all top sporting competitions.

Here, we outline what measures various sports have taken to date.

Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa.

The Russian men's team will not play their World Cup play-off matches in March, and Spartak Moscow have been thrown out of the Europa League.

«Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine,» Fifa and Uefa said in a joint statement.

«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 among people.»

The European Clubs' Association, which represents the interests of European football clubs, has suspended its seven Russian members — Zenit St Petersburg, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Krasnodar, Rubin Kazan and Rostov.

World Rugby has suspended Russia and Belarus from all «international rugby and cross-border rugby activities»external-link and the Rugby Union of Russia has also had its membership suspended.

«World Rugby reiterates its condemnation of Russia's aggressive invasion of Ukraine and the facilitation of this action by Belarus,» rugby's governing body said.

«The global rugby family is united in standing in