most of the people I chat to tell me they are following World Cup 2022. "But I wish Russia was playing," Eduard tells me. "If we can't take part in international competitions, we can't improve the ...
This means that the Russian national team will not be competing in the 2026 World Cup, following their exclusion from Euro 2024. The ban, originally imposed in February 2022, is a direct response ...
At all previous World Cup's, only 32 teams competed. The International Association Football Federation (FIFA) announced on February 28, 2022 that the Russian national team and all professional ...
I have to confess – despite having lived in Ukraine since 2018, my Ukrainian vocabulary remained extremely limited. Before 2022, my daily exchange was limited to a mix of Russian (that I learned in ...