After great turbulence, Karl-Erik Nilsson resigned last week from his post as chairman of the National Sports Confederation. The background is that Nilsson, in his role as first vice president of UEFA’s executive committee, recently voted to open up Russian participation at U17 level in Europe, something Sky Sports was the first to report on.
Nilsson later claimed that he voted for an investigation into allowing Russian U17 teams, which went against Uefa’s own channels, which stated that it was a decision, but with an accompanying message to the Uefa administration to “propose a technical solution which would enable the reinstatement of the Russian U17 teams”.
On Tuesday, UEFA’s executive committee held a new meeting, where the issue of Russian U17 teams was to be determined – and according to several media outlets, there has now been a turnaround.
Sky Sports journalist Rob Harris reports that Uefa has taken the decision to back out of allowing Russian U17 teams, as there is no technical solution to allow Russian U-teams.
According to New York Times journalist Tariq Panja, Uefa was forced to abandon its plan to allow Russian U17 teams into competitive games due to strong opposition to it in Europe. Thus, Uefa could not find a practical way forward, writes the journalist.
The Swedish Football Association and the National Sports Confederation take the position that Swedish U-teams should not play against Russian U-teams. Several other European national confederations have also come out with it, just like the confederation of Ukraine marked on the issue.
The football channel is looking for Karl-Erik Nilsson.
2023-10-10 10:27:00
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