MOSCOW, March 31, Pavel Levkovich. Basketball club CSKA Natalia Furaeva called the removal of team player Jonas Yerebko from the games of the Swedish national team a violation of the principles of sports. On Wednesday, it was announced that Yerebko had signed a contract with the Red-Blues until the end of the season. On Thursday, the Swedish Basketball Association said that the striker is not eligible to play for the national team of the country, this «would be contrary to the values of Swedish basketball.» «Naturally, we cannot justify and approve the ban on Jonas from the Swedish Federation. world that everyone is doing and doing, this is very unexpected. We have not yet discussed this situation with Yerebko, we ourselves are in shock. We have repeatedly said that sport should be out of politics and who, if not athletes, should show the world the principles of unity despite nationality. It seems to us that such bans violate the principles of sports, which should stop wars, and not support and provoke them,» Furaeva said. Earlier it was reported that due to the transfer to CSKA, Yerebko lost his sponsor.
