Russian teams were suspended Monday from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports after its invasion of ...

GENEVA — Russian teams were suspended Monday from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports after its ...

FIFA and UEFA on Monday released a joint statement banning Russian national and club soccer teams from international competition, which means Russia cannot compete in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar ...

In November 2021, Russian soccer players celebrated at a qualification match for the 2022 World Cup. The team was later banned from the competition. Olga Maltseva/Getty Images ...

As part of the World Cup qualifiers, Poland was scheduled to play against Russia on March 24 in Moscow, while Sweden and the Czech Republic were set to compete in Sweden on the same date.

Russia is running out of World Cup qualifying opponents fast, and FIFA's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unlikely to change that. ... Published Feb. 27, 2022.

Russia’s expulsion from international soccer ahead of the World Cup playoffs is heading toward yet another urgent case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. And Russian sports have had some ...

Last week, the countries said they would not play games in Russia. They were scheduled to play in a four-team group in Moscow to earn one of Europe’s final three spots in the World Cup this year.

How this happened. FIFA, as an organization, holds few redeeming values. That in itself is obvious with the 2022 World Cup being held in Qatar and 2018 being held in Russia -- bribery scandals and ...

Russia's Fedor Smolov watches during the World Cup 2022 group H qualifying soccer match against Cyprus at GSP stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. (Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty ...

Russia’s football federation has dropped an appeal against FIFA for banning them from March’s World Cup qualifiers following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. It had protested the ban to ...

Russia was ejected from this summer’s European women’s soccer championship and barred from qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup on Monday, deepening a sporting isolation that resulted ...