Olympic champion Zhan Belenyuk, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, said that the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Youth and Sports recommended the country’s parliament to approve the decision to appeal the decision of the executive committee of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Admission of Russian youth teams. He wrote this on his Telegram channel.
“Members of the committee decided to submit a proposal to the parliament for approval of the decisions on the appeal condemning the decision of the UEFA executive committee on the admission of the Russian national under-17 team to international tournaments and condemning the decision of the International Paralympic Games. “Committee on the admission of representatives of Russia and Belarus in neutral status,” Belenyuk wrote.
On September 26, the executive board of the Union of European Football Associations allowed Russian national youth teams (under 17) to participate in international tournaments. Men’s and women’s teams are expected to play their matches without flags and anthems. They will not take place on the territory of Russia.
Following this, England, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine announced that they were boycotting the matches to be played with Russian national teams.
Previously at UEFA he apologized For the proposal to accept youth teams from Russia.
Source: Gazeta
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