Soccer's two top governing bodies ban Russia's national and club teams from competing in international matches
FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from their competitions"until further notice," the governing bodies announced in a joint statement on Monday.
World football's governing body, FIFA, and European football's governing body, UEFA, said that both organizations' presidents -- Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin --"hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people."UEFA's club competitions include the men's and women's Champions League, the men's Europa League and the men's UEFA Conference League.
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