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Ukraine EPL player savages Russia captain over invasion silence
In an Instagram story post, Vitaliy Mykolenko singled out Russia’s captain Artem Dzyuba, telling him his team will be “locked away in a dungeon for the rest of your life”.
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‘Game of appearances’: Poland rejects FIFA’s ruling on Russia
FIFA did not immediately expel Russia from World Cup qualifying, deciding instead the squad can play at neutral venues using the “RFU” acronym for the country’s soccer federation. Poland immediately rejected the moves and Sweden indicated the same.
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- Russia-Ukraine war
‘Innocent people are losing their lives’: From soccer to F1, Russia stands to lose after invasion
Global sports have rallied behind Ukraine, with St Petersburg to be stripped of the Champions League and Formula One shunning Russia.
'It breaks my heart, I don't want war'
Some leave, others shelter in subways as Russia launches airstrikes into Ukraine. World leaders call for peace and Australian Ukrainians watch and protest from afar.
Navalny evacuated to Germany for medical treatment
Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was evacuated to Germany for medical treatment on Saturday, flown out of the Siberian city of Omsk in an ambulance aircraft and taken to a hospital in Berlin.
Russian soccer team has 42 players ruled out, forced to play anyway
Essendon face the prospect of playing matches with a severely weakened team due to coronavirus, but their situation is not likely to be as dramatic as that faced by FC Rostov last weekend.
- Michael Lynch
Russia could still play in 2022 FIFA World Cup on 'neutral' basis
Russia can take part in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup but it remains unclear how exactly the national team would feature in Qatar if they qualified.
- Brian Homewood and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber
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- Drugs in sport
Putin claims Russia victim of politics, has grounds to appeal WADA ban
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would analyse the decision, which he said smacked of politics and was not in the interest of sport.
- Isabelle Khurshudyan
Heavy rain damages Russian World Cup stadium
Footage from the southern city of Volgograd showed a fresh landslide on an embankment near the stadium, which made a hole several metres deep.
Croatia beat Russia on penalties to set up England semi-final
Croatia finally ended Russia's unlikely World Cup dream when they eliminated the gallant hosts in a dramatic quarter-final penalty shootout.
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