By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) In the windowless conference room of the Kyiv hotel where the football stars had gathered, anxiety grew by the minute. A failed escape attempt had been a disaster. And the sounds of war – mortar fire, rocket fire, howling warplanes – provided an almost constant reminder of their precarious situation. On Saturday […]
Tag: Paris
By FRANCE 24 The invasion of Ukraine drew more punitive measures across the sporting world on Saturday, a day after Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final, which was moved to Paris from Saint Petersburg. Source: Cancellations, revocations and repudiations: Russia becomes persona non grata in sport Category: Sport