The International Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) rejected the appeals of the Russian Football Union to FIFA and UEFA on the removal of the Russian team from international tournaments, the press service of the organization reports..

CAS also rejected the appeals of CSKA, Dynamo, Zenit and Sochi against UEFA's decision to remove Russian football clubs from European competition..

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

After that, UEFA excluded Russian clubs 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.

On May 2, UEFA decided to remove Russian clubs and national teams from the 2022/2023 international season.

Russian teams next season will not be able to take part in European competitions, the UEFA Nations League, the U21 European Championship, Women's Euro 2022, as well as in the qualification of the Women's World Cup 2023.

It should be noted that the FIFA Congress, which was held at the end of March, did not consider the issue of expelling Russia from the organization.

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Earlier it was reported that FIFA removed all references to Russia from the 2022 World Cup promo.