FIFA president advocates allowing Russia to return to international football

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stated that he hopes for Russia's swift return to international football competitions. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company; press service for UEFA, citing Infantino during a UEFA congress in Belgrade Quote from Infantino: "As talks are going on for peace in Ukraine, I hope that we can soon move to the next page: bring back as well Russia in the football landscape.

Because this would mean that everything is solved.

That's what we have to cheer for; that's what we have to pray for, because that's what football is about. It's not about not dividing; it's about uniting girls, uniting boys, uniting people from wherever they are. And how do we unite, well, we unite through competitions." 

Background: Russia has been suspended from international tournaments under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA since the launch of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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