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10 Mar

Fifa postpones Ukraine’s World Cup qualification playoff against Scotland

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Fifa has postponed Ukraine’s World Cup qualification playoff against Scotland on March 24. The winners of the game at Hampden Park in Glasgow will take on Austria or Wales for a place in November’s World Cup finals in Qatar. Ukraine’s football association had asked Fifa to postpone the qualifier following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Fifa said in a statement, “Following consultation with Uefa and the four participating member associations in Path A of the European qualifying playoffs, it was unanimously agreed in the spirit of solidarity to accept.” “The match between Scotland and Ukraine... will now be postponed to the…

09 Mar

Russia lodges appeal against FIFA, UEFA bans

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On Tuesday, the Russian soccer federation appealed to have its FIFA and UEFA bans frozen and other punishments. Russian teams were driven out from the competition on 28th February,until further notice following the country's invasion of Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA did not specify their legal reasons for this. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it hoped to decide on the appeals in the future. Russia's men's national team was scheduled to play Poland on March 24 in a World Cup qualifying playoff. Poland has refused to play opponent Russia in the match. The winner of that match would have…