FIFA president Gianni Infantino reiterated on Monday, February 2nd that he favors lifting the ban that prohibits Russia from competing in international football competitions because this measure “has achieved nothing.”
FIFA and UEFA announced in a joint statement in February 2022 that Russia had been expelled from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and its teams suspended from all international football competitions “until further notice,” following the launch of the military operation in Ukraine under President Vladimir Putin.
In London over the weekend for the Women’s Champions Cup, Infantino said that for the time being, the ban should be lifted for youth categories:
We have to look at readmitting Russia. Definitely. This ban has achieved nothing; it has only created more frustration and hatred. Allowing boys and girls from Russia to play football in other parts of Europe could help. It’s something we have to do, definitely, at least in the youth categories.
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