They put 'the Ukraine' in the statement, like a bunch of blazer-wearing morons.
Yep. Selling at >150 after closing at 83 on Friday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60548685
Fifa has ordered Russia to complete their upcoming matches without their flag, anthem and as the Football Union of Russia in neutral territory, following the invasion of Ukraine.
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FIFA being scumbags, I'm shocked.
The mighty Poles are doubling down too.
Have the other two still stayed quiet?
They refused to play them earlier, they haven't said anything (that I can see) since FIFA's statement but I imagine they're still holding firm.
So if the Rouble is going to tank tomorrow, but the Russian central bank is going to use its reserves to try and support it, how is Mellin going to Soros/ERM this for us?
Even Switzerland have picked a side now. Dont think even Hitler managed that one.
FIFA is such a clown show, got to love it.
Surely it's more accurate to say the Swiss are only taking one side rather than both.
Pretty revealing deleted article on how the Russian leaders see the invasion.
Swing and a miss on the intel from Putins Boys.
Doesn’t sound too promising. Kyiv gone by the morning
He just opened the curtains and forgot where he was.
More so a prediction. Everything seems to be too good to be true thus far
This football boycott is ridiculous. FIFA rules against political interference are presumably - because how else could they work? - based upon the general assumption that football federations aren't representative of their national governments. In which case, aren't the boycotting countries the ones breaking the rules?
Lewis, genuine question, do you think the Apartheid sporting-boycotts were wrong?
Not insofar as they were reactions to their teams being subject to political interference, as was the case with their football team being booted from everything. Rugby was a bit of a weird one, and more of a 'South Africa are bad' cultural boycott, which I would not have gone alone with, because then you end up with a free-for-all like when random idiots refuse to compete against Israelis.
Was it Giggles that said he's just contrarian about everything?
Edit: And now they got currency controls in place.
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That will go down well.![]()
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ing-securities
Bank of Russia joining in sanctions on Russia.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/com...m_source=share
It must be fake, but still![]()
The other thing as well is, anyone is entitled to break rules and face the consequences which on all available evidence Poland seem more than happy to do, but it's on FIFA to enforce those consequences and they clearly aren't prepared to (opting instead for something so unbelievably FIFA). So really, it's with them. You should write a sternly worded letter to whichever snout-in-the-trough FIFA 'executive' is dealing with this one Lewie.
Magic could lay on a bed of nails and still miss every point.
"you didn't follow these rules so that must mean rules don't mean anything to you"
Expertly done.
OK. It's quite something we're discussing this instead of the actual issue. True western white privilege.
They're livestreaming the "peace talks" in Belarus.![]()
It's just going to be:
Do you surrender?
No. Are you going to leave my country?
No.
"What are your thoughts on FIFA's involvement?"
The Ukrainian delegation will do well just to make it back to safety after agreeing to venture into Belarus for this.
It's in completely, totally, obviously neutral Belarus. They'll be fine I'm sure.
I'd be on code brown if I was part of the Ukrainian delegation. Crossing a war zone in choppers, holding talks on enemy territory, these people are hard as nails.