The Latest Breaking News from Fifa

Move affects prospects of both the national and club teams 

After being criticised for their initial move to ban games in Russia, FIFA and UEFA unite to suspend Russia from international football, all but ruling them out of the men's World Cup.

Russia's future in the World Cup teetered on a knife-edge Monday after FIFA plans to allow them to play on neutral territory were dismissed as "unacceptable" by rivals, plunging the qualifying process for football's showpiece event into chaos. Governing body FIFA warned that they were considering the ultimate sanction against…

Fifa said a team could play in next month’s play-off but not under the name Russia and with no flag or anthem, but opponents Poland have said they will not play Russia in any circumstances, and England and others have said likewise

Fifa has banned Russia from hosting international football following the invasion of Ukraine, but delayed a decision on the country’s potential participation at this year’s World Cup.

Fifa had faced calls to ban Russia from the competition altogether but, while it has stopped short of that on this occasion, it said in a statement ‘potential exclusion’ remained an option.

FIFA has backed away from immediately expelling Russia from World Cup qualifying but said it remained an option, deciding instead the squad can play using the “RFU” acronym for the country’s football federation

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World football’s governing body will be urged to act by the UK government, through the Football Association, among others