Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants the Champions League Final moved from St Petersburg as the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates.
Football’s elite club showpiece event - due to be held on Saturday, May 28 - could be dominated by English clubs for the third time in four years after Chelsea beat Manchester City last year and Liverpool saw off Spurs in 2018.
But it is now likely to be staged away from Russia after the country sent troops into eastern Ukraine with fears an invasion is planned.