FIFA and UEFA have suspended Russian football clubs and national teams from all competitions after the country invaded Ukraine. The world and European football governing bodies said they would be banned until further notice. The suspension means that the Russian men’s team will not play their World Cup play-off matches next month and the women’s team have…
UEFA has announced that Paris will now host this season’s Champions League final after Saint Petersburg was stripped of the match due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. The European football’s governing body said the final game will be played at the Stade de France on Saturday, May 28, after holding an emergency meeting in response to…
Kenya’s ambassador at the UN Security Council, Martin Kimani, has condemned Russia’s decision to send troops to Ukraine’s breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and to recognise them as independent states. Kimani’s comments signal a marked change from Kenya’s previous position at the UN Security Council when it abstained from voting. Gabon and Ghana who are also…
The United Kingdom has slammed sanctions against five Russian banks and three wealthy individuals over the military action in Ukraine. In an address in Parliament; the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the resolve of the UK to defend its NATO allies is absolute and immovable. The announcement by the Prime Minister comes just as the European Union…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent states. Russia said the troops would engage in peacekeeping in the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics. The two regions are home to Russian-backed rebels who have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014. Ukraine’s president accused Russia of…
US President, Joe Biden, says a Russian attack on Ukraine is still very much a possibility and the human cost would be huge. President Biden in a remark televised nationally, said the US was ready to respond decisively to such a move. The US president said Russia had now deployed some 150,000 troops on the border with…