One of the ways to get a kid to stop fighting is say “Right young man – you are not allowed to play football anymore till you stop fighting.”
FIFA has taken the same tone with Russia – banning Russia from international football “for the forseeable future”.
Jokes are circulating on twitter that if you’ve lost the moral high ground to FIFA- after all the corrupt shenanigans they have been involved in- then you’ve really hit rock bottom.
Other sports related sanctions against Russia include..
The IOC called on sports organizations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international events to preserve “the integrity of global sports competitions.”
Formula 1 canceled its Russian Grand Prix that was scheduled for September.
Batman is going to give Russia a miss.
The International Judo Federation removed Putin (a black belt in the sport) from his role as honorary president and ambassador.
Let us hope all this works and the future brings sanity to those in power who need to make sane decisions.
In the meantime,elsewhere in saner places, Liverpool took the Carabao cup – beating Chelsea in a hard fought game that went all the way to 11 penalties each.
Highlights..
(Yeah – the Batman ban is not sports related)