The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne dismissed the RFU’s appeal against FIFA’s decision.
The Russians will not be in the World Cup. Now that is final. RFU tried to appeal FIFA’s decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, but Themis denied the appeal.
“The football associations of Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have publicly announced their decision not to play against Russia. In other words, if the applicant’s national men’s team is allowed to play, its opponents will lose the game and the matches will not even The integrity of FIFA competitions will be seriously violated, ” – stated in the decision.
It will be recalled that on February 28, FIFA suspended all Russian teams from tournaments under its leadership. The aggressor country’s national team was credited with a forfeit defeat (0: 3) in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-off against the Poles.
After that, Poland beat Sweden (2: 0) in the playoffs finals and received the right to play in the Mundial, which will be held in Qatar.
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Source: korrespondent
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