The Russian team remains excluded from the qualifying play-offs for the 2022 World Cup at the end of March, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the Russian Federation's request on Friday to suspend FIFA's sanctions.
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This decision, similar to that made on Tuesday concerning the UEFA sanctions, does not prejudge the future sentence of the sports justice on the merits of the dispute, which is not expected for at least several weeks.