world cup qualifying playoffs in march while its womens side had qualified for the european championship in england to be held in julythe announcement also affects russian clubs involved in european competitions3 uefa shifts champions league final from st petersburg to paristhe governing body of european football uefa removed russia as the host of the 2022 champions league final moving the summit clash and the most prestigious match in european club football from the krestovsky stadium in st petersburg to the stade de france in paristhe showpiece final of the european mens football season will still be held on may 28 as originally planned but now at the 80000seat stade de france in the saintdenis suburb of the french capital after the decision taken by uefas executive committee4 russian f1 grand prix cancelledformula one dropped this seasons russian grand prix at sochi as the invasion of ukraine continued to attract punitive action by the sporting world against russiathe f1 race wasnt due until september in the black sea resort of sochi but the motorsport series leadership decided it would be impossible to stage the grand prix after talks with teams and the governing body fiaeven before this decision was announced four time f1 world champion sebastian vetell had said that he would not race in russia after what has happened in ukraine 5 international judo federation suspends russian president putinthe international judo federation ijf suspended vladimir putin as its honorary presidentin light of the ongoing war conflict in ukraine the international judo federation announces the suspension of vladimir putins status as honorary president and ambassador of the international judo federation the international judo federation in a statement said6 uncertain future for f1s only russian driverhaas formula one team boss guenther steiner acknowledged that his teams russian racer nikita mazepin faces an uncertain future due to the fallout of russias invasion of neighbouring ukrainethe 22yearold was signed on for a race seat last year as part of a title sponsorship deal the usowned team struck with russian potash producer uralkali owned by his billionaire father dmitry mazepin7 world chess body fide severs ties with russian belarus sponsorsthe international chess federation fide headed by former russian deputy prime minister arkady dvorkovich has condemned the russian invasion of neighbouring ukraineat an extraordinary meeting of the fide council the chess body announced termination of all existing sponsorship agreements with any belarusian and russian sanctioned andor statecontrolled companies and will not enter into new sponsorship agreements with any such companies8 junior swimming world championships moved from russiaswimmings global governing body fina has called off the world junior swimming championships that were set to take place in kazan russia in late august in light of russias invasion of ukrainefina said it had made the decision to cancel the biennial event after consulting athletes and stakeholders9 no skiing world cup events in russiathe international ski federation fis announced that russia will not host any more of its world cup events this winter the decision came after a