The IOC and UEFA are serious and show Russian sport the red card.

The IOC, in a notable departure from its previous policy, called on the international federations to ban Russian athletes from their competitions.

UEFA wants to decide to suspend all Russian football teams until further notice.

According to information from the German Press Agency, the world football association FIFA also wants to suspend Russia.

This means that the national team from Russia should not take part in the World Cup playoffs in March and also not in the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year.

The previously Russia-friendly IOC took a step backwards with its demand – and the previously hesitant German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) followed suit.

Athletes from Russia and its wartime partner Belarus should be banned from participating in all international sporting events.

The IOC revoked the Olympic medal awarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2001.

The DOSB, which had been hesitant for days, immediately swung to the line of the IOC.

He said in a statement: "Sport must also fulfill its responsibilities and accept the corresponding restrictions." He was following the demands of the Athletes Germany Association, which, after Russia's attack on Ukraine, already on Saturday announced the "complete exclusion" of Russia and Belarus “out of world sport” had demanded.

According to information from the SID news agency, after the meeting of its executive committee at 6 p.m., UEFA will decide to exclude all Russian teams from their competitions.

Previously, she had already withdrawn the final of the Champions League from Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg, and like Schalke 04 she will probably terminate the contract with the Russian major sponsor Gazprom.

RB Leipzig automatically in the quarterfinals

UEFA's decision has direct consequences for RB Leipzig: The round of 16 of the Europa League against Spartak Moscow will not take place, which means that the Saxons are automatically in the quarter-finals.

Russia will also be excluded from the Women's EURO in England in July, where they would have played boycott-pro-boycotters Sweden and Switzerland and the Netherlands in the group stage.

UEFA is following the boycott announcements by numerous national associations, and the German Football Association (DFB) also supports the common stance.

"I can't imagine there will be games against Russia.

That cannot and must not exist.

It's about war.

You have to take a clear stance," said DFB presidential candidate Peter Peters to SID.

Since Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic definitely don't want to play Russia in the play-offs for the finals of the World Cup, FIFA had to react.

Poland's association president Cezary Kulesza called this "the only right decision".

The team led by Robert Lewandowski would meet Russia on March 24, with a Russian victory Sweden or the Czech Republic would be opponents.

England, Denmark and Norway also no longer want to play international matches against Russia.

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has already reacted.

He supports the demands of the Baltic federations for a suspension of Russia by the world federation IIHF.

"As long as this unbelievable war doesn't stop," DEB President Franz Reindl told SID, "sport can't just go on either."

The IIHF Council wants to discuss the consequences on Monday evening - also for Belarus.

Russia's war partner Belarus was increasingly the focus of boycott calls, not least in the letter that the Global Athletes association sent to the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on behalf of Ukrainian athletes and the Athletes Germany association.

Both associations were asked to immediately suspend the National Olympic and Paralympic Committees.

"If the IOC and IPC refuse to act, you encourage Russia and Belarus' violation of international laws and their own charter," the statement said. "Your inaction will send a message to every athlete and to the world, that you put the interests of Russia and Belarus above those of the athletes.”