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    Russian teams have been suspended from international soccer after the country鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine.

    The decision came Monday from FIFA and UEFA, saying Russia鈥檚 national teams and clubs were suspended 鈥渦ntil further notice.鈥

    鈥淔ootball is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine,鈥 FIFA and UEFA saiad. 鈥淏oth presidents 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.鈥

    UEFA also ended its sponsorship with Russian energy giant Gazprom.

    THIS IS A BREAKING 麻豆影视 UPDATE. AP鈥檚 earlier story follows below.

    International sports bodies moved to further isolate Russia on Monday for its invasion of Ukraine and pushed Moscow closer to becoming a pariah on the playing field.

    The International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies to exclude Russian athletes and officials from international events, including soccer鈥檚 World Cup.

    The IOC said it was needed to 鈥減rotect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants.鈥

    The decision opened the way for FIFA, the governing body of soccer, to exclude Russia from the World Cup ahead of qualifying playoff on March 24. Poland already has refused to play the scheduled game against Russia.

    It was unclear how the IOC鈥檚 request will affect Russian hockey players in the NHL and tennis players, including top-ranked Daniil Medvedev, in Grand Slam, ATP and WTA tournaments outside the authority of the International Tennis Federation.

    FIFA was in talks with European soccer body UEFA on the details of suspending Russia鈥檚 national and club teams, people with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private discussions before FIFA and UEFA decision-makers can ratify the ban later Monday.

    With a direct impact on Russia playing World Cup qualifiers next month, FIFA already said Sunday it was talking to the IOC about excluding the country from competitions 鈥渟hould the situation not be improving rapidly.鈥

    The IOC also went directly after President Vladimir Putin, who turned the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics into a personal project. Putin鈥檚 golden Olympic Order, which was awarded in 2001, has been withdrawn, the IOC said in a statement.

    The Olympic body鈥檚 call also applied to athletes and official from Belarus, which has abetted Russia鈥檚 invasion by allowing its territory to be used to station troops and launch military attacks.

    The IOC said it acted 鈥渨ith a heavy heart,鈥 but noted that the impact of war on Ukrainian sports and athletes who cannot now take part in competitions outweighed the potential damage done to athletes from Russia and Belarus.

    It was not a total blanket ban by the IOC, which also did not specifically suspend the national Olympic committees of Russia and Belarus.

    Where exclusion was 鈥渘ot possible on short notice for organizational or legal reasons,鈥 then teams from Russia and Belarus should compete as neutral athletes with no national flag, anthem or symbols, including at the upcoming Winter Paralympics in Beijing.

    Russian Olympic committee leader Stanislav Pozdnyakov said in a statement 鈥渢here is only one comment to make -- we categorically disagree,鈥 adding it would help national federations to challenge 鈥渄iscriminatory rulings.鈥

    Sports bodies across Europe already had moved against Russia on Monday by refusing to host or play against teams from the country.

    Finland wants the Russian hockey team banned from the men鈥檚 world championships it will host in May, the Swiss soccer federation said its women鈥檚 team will not play Russia in July at the European Championship, and German soccer club Schalke said it had decided to end its longstanding partnership with Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom.

    Over the weekend, FIFA declined to ban Russia from the World Cup. Instead, it said the country鈥檚 national team will have to compete under the name of its federation, the 鈥淔ootball Union of Russia鈥 as punishment. Besides Poland, potential opponents Sweden and the Czech Republic have said they would refuse to take the field against Russia.

    鈥淭he Swedish Football Association is disappointed with FIFA鈥檚 decision but is determined to continue to work together with other federations to cancel Russia鈥檚 matches in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers,鈥 the body said Monday, citing the 鈥渋llegal and deeply unjust invasion of Ukraine.鈥

    The World Cup is scheduled to begin on Nov. 21 in Qatar.

    In European club soccer, Russian team Spartak Moscow is still scheduled to play next week in the Europa League against German club Leipzig. UEFA allowed Spartak to take its place in the round of 16 draw on Friday, one day after Putin ordered the invasion to start.

    UEFA called a meeting of its executive committee for later Monday and is expected to exclude Russian teams from its competitions based on the IOC announcement. The FIFA Bureau was set to only require the six regional confederation presidents to confirm the decision in writing.

    The moves are not unprecedented. Following United Nations sanctions in 1992, FIFA and UEFA expelled Yugoslavia from its competitions when war broke out in the Balkans.

    Besides Schalke鈥檚 effort to drop Gazprom as a partner, UEFA also is expected to see if it can nullify sponsorship deals with the company. Gazprom sponsors both the Champions League and the European Championship.

    FIFA had tried to compromise Sunday by suggesting Russia play at neutral venues without its flag and anthem and under the Football Union of Russia name.

    That aligns with sanctions imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December 2020 to punish Russia for state-backed doping and cover-ups of cheating, and applied at last year鈥檚 Tokyo Olympics and this year鈥檚 Winter Games in Beijing.

    If Russia plays Poland as scheduled on March 24 and wins, the team would then face either Sweden or the Czech Republic on March 29.

    Polish soccer federation president Cezary Kulesza said Sunday it was 鈥渢otally unacceptable鈥 that FIFA had not immediately expelled Russia from World Cup qualifying and said Poland is 鈥渘ot interested in participating in this game of appearances.鈥

    Another future opponent, Albania, also said Sunday it would not play against Russia in any sports. Russia and Albania are scheduled to meet twice in June in the UEFA Nations League soccer tournament.

    In hockey, the sport鈥檚 governing body has come under pressure from Finland and Switzerland to ban Russia and Belarus, both due to play at the world championships in May in Helsinki and Tampere.

    Finnish Hockey Association chairman Harri Nummela said in a statement Monday it had talks with the Zurich-based IIHF to exclude the two countries from the sport internationally.

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    AP Global Soccer Writer Rob Harris in London contributed.

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