Ukraine's World Cup play-off with Scotland pushed back to June

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Ukraine's postponed World Cup play-off against Ukraine has been rescheduled for June, world governing body Fifa has said.

The play-off semi-final was due to be played at Glasgow's Hampden Park on March 24, but has been delayed for three months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Announcing the move, Fifa said: “On March 3 2022, the Ukrainian Association of Football wrote to Fifa requesting that its qualification match[es] be rescheduled owing to the impossibility of organising both the travel and training of a team under the current circumstances.

“Following consultation with Uefa and the four participating member associations in Path A of the European qualifying play-offs, it was unanimously agreed in the spirit of solidarity to accept this request.”

The Scottish Football Association welcomed the fixture delay, saying it had supported Ukraine’s request for a postponement.

SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell said: “In light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, it is the correct decision by Fifa to postpone our play-off, as requested by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

“The importance and significance of football is greatly diminished in a time of war and our thoughts are with those Ukrainian civilians affected by the conflict.”

Fifa confirmed Wales' play-off with Austria in Cardiff will go ahead as planned on March 24 with Scotland or Ukraine playing the winners in the same June window to determine a place at this year’s World Cup in Qatar.

The Fifa statement added: “It was further agreed that the match between Wales and Austria will remain as scheduled on 24 March 2022, owing to the need to limit the disruption to the competitive matches already scheduled for