The International Olympic Committee has issued a recommendation to all world federations and sporting event organizers to ban Russia and its ally Belarus for invading Ukraine.

A number of associations followed the recommendation on Monday evening and Tuesday.

Football World Cup:

The national team of Russia is excluded from the World Cup qualification and has no chance of a ticket for the finals at the end of the year in Qatar.

Russia was originally scheduled to play Poland in Moscow in the playoff semifinals in March.

In the event of a win, the 2018 World Cup hosts would have had home rights again in the final against Sweden and the Czech Republic.

The Russian Football Union (RFS) criticized the exclusion as “expressly discriminatory”.

European Football Championship:

There is still a long way to go before the women's European Championship in England in July.

As of now, the qualified Russian team would no longer be eligible to play.

The team was drawn in Group C with the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.

European football cup:

Bundesliga club RB Leipzig benefits from the exclusion of Spartak Moscow and moves into the quarter-finals without games.

As there are no other teams from Russia in the competition in Europe, the impact is limited.

Paralympics:

The International Paralympic Committee plans to make a decision on the matter on Wednesday.

It would be a heavy blow to Russia.

In 2018 in Pyeongchang, the Russian athletes - at that time listed as neutral athletes because of the big doping scandal - had the second best result.

By the way: Belarus was also well represented in South Korea in eighth place in the medal table.

Athletics:

The Indoor World Championships in March in Belgrade, the Outdoor World Championships in July in Eugene/USA and the Team Walking World Championships in Muscat, which starts on Friday in Oman - all athletics events will take place without "athletes, coaches and officials from Russia and Belarus”.

This applies to all events in the world series, said the umbrella organization World Athletics.

Ice Hockey World Cup:

An Ice Hockey World Cup without Russia was previously unimaginable.

The Sbornaja has won the title 27 times, making it the record winner alongside Canada.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing, Russia narrowly missed out on the title in the final against Finland.

The northern Europeans are now hosting the World Cup from 13th to 29th May and have already made it clear that they don't want the presence of Russia and Belarus.

The world association IIHF has excluded both countries "until further notice".

Volleyball:

The world volleyball association FIVB has withdrawn the men's world championship from Russia.

A new organizer for the World Cup tournament from August 26th to September 11th is now being sought, the FIVB announced on Tuesday.

Because of the war in Ukraine, it was "impossible to prepare and hold World Championships in Russia," the statement said.

The world association is "seriously concerned about the escalating situation and the safety of the people in Ukraine".

Basketball European Cup:

Russian teams are initially excluded from the Euroleague and the Eurocup.

Affected in the Euroleague are CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg and Unics Kazan.

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar plays in the Eurocup.

The Euroleague wants to continuously monitor the development of the situation.

Should the situation not change, all regular-season games against Russian teams would be canceled and the league tables would be adjusted.

The European Basketball Championship will also take place from September 1st to 18th, when Russia should actually play in Group A in Tbilisi.