LONDON (AP) — Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA on Friday with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris, and Formula One dropped this season’s Russian Grand Prix at Sochi, as the invasion of Ukraine drew punitive measures across the sporting world.
Highlights
- UEFA stripping Russia of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA on Friday.
- St.
- Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- The men’s final will still be held on May 28 but now at the 80,000-seat Stade de France.
- Formula One drops this season’s Russian Grand Prix at Sochi.
- Manchester United also drops Aeroflot as a sponsor citing ‘events in Ukraine’ after the company was banned in Britain on Thursday as part of sanctions.