The implications of the law on Russia's hosting of two major international sporting events; the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (apo vatambi vanomwe veLGBT, vose vari vakadzi, vaitarisirwa kukwikwidza) uye 2018 FIFA World Cup, yakaiswa mubvunzo. Panyaya yeNdebe yeNyika, FIFA yakanga ichangobva kusimbisa sangano rinorwisa rusarura, uye yakanga ichishoropodzwawo nokuda kwokugovera 2022 World Cup
kunyika yeQatar, uko ungochani husiri pamutemo; muna Nyamavhuvhu 2013, FIFA yakakumbira ruzivo kubva kuhurumende yeRussia pamusoro pemutemo uyu uye zvaungaita pamutambo wenhabvu. Panyaya yeMitambo yeOlympic yechando, vatsoropodzi vakaona mutemo wacho usingawirirani neOlympic Charter, iyo inoti "[kusarura] nemhaka yerudzi, chitendero, zvematongerwe enyika, zvepabonde kana kuti zvimwe hazvipindirani nokuva nhengo yeOlympic Movement". Muna August 2013, International Olympic Committee "yakagamuchira vimbiso kubva kuhurumende yepamusoro-soro muRussia yokuti mutemo wacho hauzokanganisi vaya vanenge varipo kana kuti vari kutora chikamu mumitambo yacho", uye yakagamuchirawo shoko rokuti hurumende yaizoteerera Mutemo weOlympic. IOC yakasimbisawo kuti yaizoshandisa Mutemo 50 weOlympic Charter, uyo unorambidza kuratidzira kwezvematongerwe enyika, kune vatambi vanoita zviratidzo zvokutsigira nharaunda yeLGBT paMitambo. Vladimir Putin akaitawo vimbiso dzakafanana pamberi peMitambo, asi akanyevera vatori vechikamu veLGBT kuti vacharamba vari pasi pemutemo.