Russians lose CAS appeals and remain banned from world football

July 17 - The Russian Football Union (FUR) and four Russian clubs have lost appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against international and European football bans issued by FIFA and UEFA on the following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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In a statement, the CAS said: "The panel has determined that the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as public and government responses around the world, have created unforeseen circumstances and unprecedented to which Fifa and UEFA had to react.

"In determining that Russian teams and clubs should not participate in competitions under their auspices while such circumstances persisted, the panel found that both parties had acted within the discretion granted to them in under their respective statutes and regulations," the statement read. continued.

Russian clubs and national teams were suspended from all competitions by FIFA and UEFA in February.

Russia initially dropped an appeal against their exclusion from the World Cup qualifiers after a number of countries said they would refuse to play them. But the FUR continued their appeals against their international suspension from all competitions organized by FIFA and UEFA, including the Women's Euro for which they had qualified.

Zenit Saint Petersburg, Sochi, CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow have appealed against UEFA banning them from European club competitions.

The CAS statement said: "The Panel finds it regrettable that the ongoing military operations in Ukraine, for which Russian football teams, clubs and players themselves bear no responsibility, have, due to decisions of FIFA and UEFA, such a negative effect on them and on Russian football in general, but these effects were, in the opinion of the Committee, outweighed by the need for a safe and orderly development football events for the rest of the world."

The FUR said it could now appeal to the Swiss Federal Court.

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