The Court of Arbitration for Sport delivered part of its verdict on Tuesday afternoon in the legal dispute between the Russian Football Federation and UEFA.
It is the European institution that has won part of its battle.
Indeed, the CAS refused to grant the Russian clubs and teams the suspensive appeal it initiated.
If this was favorable to him, the Russian teams could have played their matches pending the judgment of the case on the merits.
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Following the Ukrainian invasion by Russia, UEFA took a massive decision to exclude Russian clubs from European competitions until further notice.
Thus Spartak Moscow was eliminated from the Europa League when it was to face Leipzig in the round of 16.
In the same way, FIFA followed suit and decided to exclude the Russian selection from the 2022 World Cup, when it was to face Poland at the end of March.
The Russian football federation had appealed to the CAS, asking that it be suspended, in order to be able to play the various matches, which was not the case.
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From now on only an appeal on the merits can allow the Russians to be reinstated in the various competitions.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport promised that the verdict of the decision would be known by the end of the week.
If he is favorable, the quarter-finalist of the last world should be able to legitimately play his play-off match against Poland.
Otherwise it will be permanently excluded from the World Cup.
For the moment coach Valeri Karpin has announced his list for a training camp, the selection having failed to find any friendly matches to play.