Amid expressions of revulsion large and small over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Poland's national soccer team has said it will forfeit a chance at the World Cup rather than play a scheduled match with Russia.
Polish soccer federation president Cezary Kulesza said Saturday that his team will not play its scheduled March 24 match with Russia, according to ESPN. "No more words, time to act!" Kulesza wrote, according to an English translation of his tweet.
"Due to the escalation of the aggression of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine, the Polish national team does not intend to play the play-off match against Russia. This is the only right decision," he wrote.
The Football Associations of Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have said that they do not want any matches that are part of the 2020 World Cup playoffs to be played in Russia.
Others also acted to cut off Russia from the rest of the sports and entertainment world.
The International Olympic Committee called for all sports organizations to cancel any events in Russia or Belarus, according to Bloomberg.
The International Ski Federation said six upcoming events scheduled to take place in Russia will occur elsewhere "In the interest of the safety of all participants and to maintain the integrity of the World Cup.".
https://www.westernjournal.com/poland-delivers-devastating-blow-russia-no-words-time-act/
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