Ukraine war: How Russia's invasion has reverberating effects on sports world

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reverberated across the sports world and is affecting the status of Russian and Belarusian athletes who take part in international competitions.

International sporting bodies have cracked down on the countries by either eliminating any mention of them within the competitions or barring athletes from those nations outright as Russia’s unprovoked incursion into Eastern Europe continues.

Here are some of the steps they have taken.

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Russian and Belarusian flags wave during a wreath laying ceremony at the Victory Monument.  (Getty Images)

The IOC disciplined Russia and Belarus for what it called the "breach of the Olympic Truce" over the invasion of Ukraine. The IOC recommended that international sports federations and organizers bar Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international competition and prohibit athletes from participating in events under the name of Russia or Belarus.

The new resolutions came after the IOC recommended that sporting events be pulled from Russia and Belarus.

All Russian international soccer teams and clubs were indefinitely suspended by FIFA and UEFA – the governing bodies for global soccer and European soccer, respectively.

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"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," their joint statement read.

FIBA, which governs international basketball, announced Russian teams and