“Enisey” will not go to Liepaja
The information at the disposal of the newspaper “Kurzemes Vārds” shows that the initiative to postpone the match came from the Krasnoyarsk City Club itself, which in these circumstances does not want to represent its country.
BC “Liepāja” confirmed that the match will not take place on Saturday. Enisey’s duel against the Siauliai team, which was scheduled to take place in Lithuania on Friday, has also been canceled, according to ENBL, but later the general secretary of the tournament Edgars Zanders confirmed that the participation of Russian clubs in both ENBL and the European Women’s Basketball League has been temporarily suspended.
Teams from other sports have suffered a similar fate. HK Riga, for example, matches against Moscow’s Krylya Sovetov canceled on Thursday and Friday, media outlet Twitter reported the journalist Ulvis Brože, while the champions of the Latvian Football League “RFS” by mutual agreement have decided to cancel the test game against Tomsk “Tom”, informed the capital’s club.
Meanwhile, the Latvian Basketball Union announced the termination of cooperation with Russian organizations, as well as called on the union members not to participate in competitions in Russia and not to admit the country’s clubs. A similar statement has been issued by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, which is also targeting Belarusian organizations.
VTB boycottes, takes away the final, removes the Gazprom logo
One of Lithuania’s most influential basketball media has also reacted to what is happening Basketnews.comwho has stated that as long as Russia ‘s military operations in Ukraine last, the media will completely boycott Russian sports and will not publish information about clubs or national units, as well as avoid the news of the VTB United League.
Mareks Mejeris from Liepaja, who has a valid contract with the Russian club “Parma”, is also playing in this league this season. However, he is currently at the disposal of the Latvian national team. The champions of the Latvian-Estonian joint league, Tallinn’s Kalev / Cramo, have already announced that they will withdraw from the VTB league.
Politics has also moved sport internationally. The Associated Press reports that the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has convened a management meeting to discuss the Champions League final, and official confirmation of the prestigious tournament, one of the main sponsors of which is Russia’s natural gas concern Gazprom, is expected at the end of May. , do not play the final match in St. Petersburg.
UEFA will also have to decide whether the Russian national football team will be able to play in the World Cup qualifiers in March. The German Bundesliga club FC Shalke 04 was the first to act in connection with Gazprom, which announced that it would remove the logo of the company, which is also the general sponsor of the club, from its jerseys.
The International Olympic Committee has also strongly condemned Russia’s actions, but Latvian Minister of Education and Science Anita Muižniece said that changes to the Sports Law would be prompted in the near future to prevent Riga’s Dinamo from participating in the Continental Hockey League or the Russian Open. The nobleman will push for amendments that would complicate the participation of Latvian sports teams in foreign championships taking place outside the European Union.
