Russia was deprived of the right to host two student tournaments

MOSCOW, February 28 holding two tournaments against the backdrop of aggravated Russian-Ukrainian relations, according to the official website of the organization. These tournaments included the Student Powerlifting World Cup in Moscow and the Student Rugby Sevens World Cup in Kazan. Belarus, as part of the sanctions of the organization, has lost the right to host the World Championship among students in water skiing and wakeboarding.» FISU strongly condemns the conflict in Ukraine, which is incompatible with the goal of making the world a better place through peaceful sports competitions. FISU calls for dialogue and peace, and also expresses deep concern to all representatives of the Ukrainian student sports community, their friends, families, colleagues and the entire Ukrainian people,» the message says. At the moment, the organization has not made any decisions regarding the hosting of the 2023 Universiade in Yekaterinburg.