After the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, various types of sanctions fell upon the aggressor, which naturally did not bypass sports.

Literally from the first day of the war, sanctions simply erased almost all Russian sports.

The Russians were immediately taken away from such prestigious events as the Champions League final in St. Petersburg, the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Sochi, world championships in various sports, and the Paralympic Committee did not allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in the 2022 Paralympics.

Football.

FIFA and UEFA have deprived Russia of international competitions at the club and national levels. Russian clubs were excluded from European competitions, and the Russian team was deprived of the right to play in the qualifying play-offs for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Attempts by the Russians to cancel these decisions in the Court of Arbitration for Sport were not successful.

Source - (sports. ru).

At the same time, FIFA at its 72nd Congress did not consider the issue of expelling Russia from the organization, and although UEFA took away the hosting of the Champions League final from Russia, it left the match for the Super Bowl 2023 in Kazan. True, most likely, the fate of the Super Bowl will depend on the further actions of the Putin regime..

Sanctions even affected virtual football. Electronic Arts has released an update for FIFA 22, in which the developers removed Russian clubs, the national team and even the Moscow Spartak stadium from the sports simulator,.

It is also worth noting that UEFA terminated the sponsorship agreement for all joint projects with Gazprom, Adidas and BMW suspended cooperation with the football and Olympic teams, and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was forced to transfer management of the club to the board of trustees due to sanctions..

UEFA will not stop broadcasting European Cup matches in Russia.

Hockey. Judo.

Favorite sports of Russian President Putin also did not remain without sanctions. The hockey team of Russia, which will no longer be able to take part in all international competitions, has been banned.

In addition, the International Ice Hockey Federation banned all matches under its auspices in Russia, and the NHL announced the termination of all business relations with the Russian Federation..

Also, the leadership of world hockey took away the youth world championship 2023 from Russia, but left the adult world championship 2023.

Source - (FHR).

In judo, the International Federation deprived Putin of the status of honorary president and ambassador of the federation, and also removed the president of the Russian Federation and his friend, billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, from all positions held in the organization.. And in the International Taekwondo Federation, the President of Russia was deprived of an honorary black belt.

Source - (Championship).

Russia and Belarus excluded from participation in the most prestigious marathon in the world.

Basketball.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) suspended the national team and Russian clubs from all competitions, and the results of the teams in the most prestigious basketball European cup - the Euroleague were canceled.

Biathlon.

The Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) unanimously decided to suspend the activities of the national federations of Belarus and Russia.

Formula 1.

Royal races have always been Putin's pride - he personally attended the Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi circuit, which has been held since 2014. F-1 is expensive, prestigious and available only to a limited number of countries.

The plans of Russia included the transfer in 2023 of the F-1 stage from Sochi to the Igora Drive autodrome opened in 2019 in the Leningrad Region. Now, apparently, the track, in which billions of rubles have been invested, will remain as a monument to former life.. Because it is doubtful that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) will decide, to the detriment of its reputation, to organize races of less prestigious series there..

After the start of the war, the leadership of the auto racing series terminated the contract for the Russian stage and removed it from the calendar. Also, the Russians lost the agreement to broadcast races.

Because of the war, the only Russian driver Nikita Mazepin was forced to end his career in Formula 1, the contract with which was terminated by the Haas team.. A place in the American stable was provided to him by his father, oligarch Dmitry Mazepin.. Haas also refused sponsorship of his Uralkali.

Source - (motorsport. com).

As for the Belarusians, who became accomplices of military aggression, their sport has practically not developed for a long time..

After the events of the summer-autumn of 2020, when Lukashenka bloodily suppressed rallies against the falsification of the presidential elections, Belarus has already been subjected to serious sanctions, but with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, almost the same restrictions fell on them as on the Russian Federation.

On February 28, the IOC published a resolution on the non-admission of Russia and Belarus to international competitions. It is advisory in nature, and each international federation had to decide for itself whether to fully support the decision of the IOC, approve it partially or ignore it altogether..

List of IFs that fully supported the IOC's decision:.

- International Volleyball Federation.

- European Handball Federation.

- International Boxing Association (amateur boxing).

- United World Wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling).

- World Archery (archery).

- World Taekwondo (taekwondo).

- International Fencing Federation.

- International Weightlifting Federation.

- Union Cycliste Internationale (cycling).

- International Canoeing Federation.

- World Rowing (rowing).

- World Badminton Federation.

- World Confederation of Baseball and Softball.

- International Tennis Federation.

- World Rugby (rugby).

- International Table Tennis Federation.

- International Motorsport Federation.

- International Motorcycle Federation.

- International Federation of Mixed Martial Arts.

Some federations punished the Russian Federation and Belarus or partially or allowed athletes under neutral flags to take part.

Russian lugers will not be allowed to compete despite the won appeal.

As for tennis, the Russian team was suspended from the team tournaments of the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup, but in individual competitions, the Russians continue to play in a neutral status.

In chess, the situation is similar to tennis - players from the Russian Federation are allowed to participate in a neutral status.

The boss of the most prestigious mixed martial arts organization UFC, Dana White, did not forbid athletes from the occupying countries to participate in battles, and the Russian Petr Yan even managed to hold a title fight in which he lost to Aljamain Sterling.

Source - (UFC Russia).

In boxing, on the night of May 7-8, a fight for the WBA light heavyweight champion belt will take place, in which Saul Alvarez and Russian Dmitry Bivol will meet.

The world of boxing, alas, remains the most indifferent to the bloodshed in Ukraine.