{"id":1003215,"date":"2022-02-24T22:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/24\/uefa-to-discuss-moving-champions-league-final-from-russia\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T22:01:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:01:58","slug":"uefa-to-discuss-moving-champions-league-final-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/24\/uefa-to-discuss-moving-champions-league-final-from-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Uefa to discuss moving Champions League final from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"401\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CB762D87-8EAC-446C-B995-C9A4821747FB-750x432-1-696x401.jpeg\"   alt=\"Champions League\" title=\"Champions League\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Champions League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Uefa will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss whether it should move the 2022 Champions League final away from Russian city of St Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of neighbouring Ukraine\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The EU Parliament wants European football\u2019s governing body Uefa, to move the match from the Gazprom Arena, which is set to host the match on 28 May.<\/p>\n<p>World football\u2019s governing body Fifa is to meet on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>World Cup play-offs are scheduled to take place next month with Russia set to play Poland on 24 March, while\u00a0Scotland host Ukraine on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s domestic football league was set to resume this weekend after a winter break but that will remain suspended. Fifteen of the most recent 23-man Ukraine squad play in their homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden are also in the play-offs and would meet Russia for a place at the World Cup finals, which get underway in Qatar in December if both win their semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Karl-Erik Nilsson, the chairman of the Swedish Football Association, told Reuters a match in Russia was \u201calmost unthinkable\u201d at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has condemned the Russian government for breaking the Olympic Truce.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the IOC said: \u201cThe Olympic Truce began seven days before the start of the Olympic Games, on 4 February 2022, and ends seven days after the closing of the Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has said it is \u201cmonitoring the escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict\u201d and the safety of participants at their World Cup competitions in Russia this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1 says it is\u00a0\u201cclosely watching the fluid developments\u201d,\u00a0with the Russian Grand Prix set to take place in Sochi in September.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"A7pboeB0mSQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courtship is a serious grounds for men and women preparing towards marriage - Afisem on Adom TV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7pboeB0mSQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Champions League Uefa will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss whether it should move the 2022 Champions League final away from Russian city of St Petersburg. 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