Sweden joins Poland in refusing to play Russia in World Cup qualifiers, urges FIFA to cancel matches

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Sweden has followed Poland in its refusal to play Russia in a World
Cup qualifier match next month following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of
Ukraine, and it urged FIFA to cancel any games involving Russia.
Polish soccer federation President Cezary Kulesza said in a tweet Saturday
that the national team would refuse to play against Russia in response to
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began Thursday. No more words, time to
act!" Kulesza said. "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. We are in talks with the Swedish
and Czech federations to bring forward a joint statement to FIFA. Hours
later, the Swedish national team released a similar announcement. The
Swedish Football Association's board has decided that the Swedish men's
national team will not play a possible playoff match against Russia,
regardless of where the match is played," a translation of the statement said
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