Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvinorehwa nemutemo wekuti Russia igamuchire zviitiko zviviri zvikuru zvemitambo yepasi rose; iyo 2014 Winter Olympics muSochi (uko vatambi vanomwe veLGBT, vese vakadzi, vaitarisirwa kukwikwidza) uye 2018 FIFA World Cup, yakabvunzwa. Panyaya yeNdebe yeNyika, FIFA yakanga ichangobva kusimbisa sangano rinorwisa rusaruro, uye yakanga ichishorwawo nokuda kwokugovera mubairo wepamusoro-soro weChampions League.
2022 World Cup kunyika yeQatar, uko ungochani husiri pamutemo; muna Nyamavhuvhu 2013, FIFA yakakumbira ruzivo kubva kuhurumende yeRussia pamusoro pemutemo uye zvingangoitika 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.