Ukraine bans its national teams from playing with players from Russia, Belarus

Ukraine bans its national teams from playing with players from Russia, Belarus

Europe News Desk!! The Sports Ministry of Ukraine has barred its national teams from participating in all Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic competitions in which athletes from Russia and Belarus will participate. Published an order signed by Bidni. The order of the Ministry states, to prohibit the participation of official delegations of national teams of Ukraine in international sports competitions in which athletes from the Russian Federation and/or Belarus are participating. The Department of Olympic Sports, Physical Culture and Non-Olympic Sports, Ukraine Center for Physical Culture and Sports for Disabled (Invasport) will ensure the withdrawal of its delegations from competitions in which athletes from Russia and/or Belarus are participating .

The order recommends that the All-Ukrainian sports federations monitor the possible participation of athletes from the Russian Federation and/or the Republic of Belarus in international sports competitions and immediately inform the Ministry of Youth and Sports about the occurrence of such facts. We do. The order also provides for the withdrawal of the delegation of Ukrainian athletes from the tournament if athletes from Russia and Belarus participate. The ministry said that in case of violation of the order, sports federations of Ukraine would be deprived of their national status. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended that international sports federations allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in international tournaments as neutral athletes/teams and to allow them to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. have been opened.

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