“It simply came to our notice then. As FIFA President, I have resolved conflicts around the world for the past four years. People are suffering and the international community is not doing what it should do. We are forced to suspend the participation of Russian clubs and teams. It was not an easy decision that we had to make, “said FIFA President Gianni Infantino about the sanctions against Russia.
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“The Russian Football Association has appealed to the International Sports Arbitration Court and we are now waiting for its decision. We will see what happens next, “the first man of world football explained why Russia was not discussed at the congress.
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“CAS plans to discuss our appeal in April or May,” said Aleaxander Djukov, president of the Russian Football Association, when the Lausanne verdict can be expected.
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Alexei Sorokin, a member of the Russian delegation to the congress, who was the head of the organizing committee of the 2018 World Cup, made it known to the Russian media that in FIFA, unlike UEFA, most countries are non-friendly and certainly neutral towards Russia.
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“It’s also because a lot of delegates attended the World Cup in our country and were impressed by the organization and the warm welcome. And emotions are an important argument in their decisions.
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While Russia did not discuss FIFA at all, the football associations of Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Kenya suspended membership in FIFA. The reason is the state’s interference in football matters
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MS 2022 will be drawn in Doha on Friday.Photo: Zdeněk Pavlis, Sport.cz
At the congress, during which Gianni Infantino announced that he would run for re-election as president next year, Russian was approved alongside English, German, French and Spanish as the fifth official language of FIFA. There were 187 delegates, only four were against.
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Among other things, they learned from Infantin that FIFA’s financial profit from this year’s World Championships in Qatar will reach a record $ 7 billion. These are finances for television and marketing rights and money from sponsors.
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The world championship is drawn on Friday evening in Doha. FIFA has already announced the division of participants into individual baskets.
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