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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Russia stripped of Champions League final and Grand Prix after Ukraine invasion

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International sport has begun to turn its back on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, with two prestigious events stripped from the country on Friday.

The Champions League football final in May was moved from Russia’s second-largest city, St Petersburg, to Paris while motor sport’s world governing body the FIA announced September’s Formula One Russian Grand Prix had been cancelled.

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