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Germany wants Belarus excluded from Euro 2024

by AFP


Berlin — Euro 2024 host country Germany has asked Uefa to exclude Belarus from the tournament over its backing for Russia, an interior ministry spokesman said on Friday.

In a letter to Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has also sought the suspension of Russian and Belarus officials from the football body, according to a report in the Spiegel confirmed by the ministry spokesman.

Europe’s football governing body has so far excluded only Russia in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

But Faeser said that “not only Russia, which is waging war in violation of international law, but also Belarus, as a major supporter of the Russian leadership, should be excluded from all international football matches and tournaments”, according to Spiegel…


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