expecting it, russia is now suspended from international matches. just drop in the last few moments, fifa and belief i have today decided to that all russian teams whether national representative teams are club teams will be suspended from participation in both fat and uefa competitions until further notice. in both fat and uefa competitions untilfurther notice. big news. the russian football side would be to play against poland on the 24th of march for a world cup aft semifinal self under the ruling it means poland will receive a bite to face sweet in our czech republic. this decision has implications for european football governing body. fifa who are suspending them from competitions including the upcoming women s european championship match is in england. uefa radio to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow but they have decided this now with fifa concurrently. and moscow was involved in the last 60 as lead and they want to be allowed to compete
and in the weather, a bright day for many western areas today, one or two showers. but in the east the cloud will sit in place and there are further outbreaks of that. details on the weekend forecast coming up. it s friday the 4th of march. russian forces have shelled and seized europe s biggest nuclear power station, causing a fire which is now under control. the site is in the south of ukraine, near crimea. the attack caused a fire which was brought under control by ukrainian firefighters. radiation levels are said to be normal. in the last hour, regional authorities have confirmed that russian troops have seized the plant. ukraine s president accused russia of deliberately targeting the facility in an act of nuclear terror . our correspondentjonah fisher has the latest. the largest nuclear power plant of its type in europe is now caught up in russia s war on ukraine.
international paralympic committee international pa ralympic committee which international paralympic committee which is being seen as some kind of u turn. the governing board has decided to refuse the athletes entry from russia and belarus. the russian delegation for the beijing 2022 winter games and this comes after yesterday it had said that those team members could compete as neutrals. for games due to get under way on the 4th of march so not far ahead now. looking at the statement from the international paralympic the international pa ralympic committee the international paralympic committee saying, we are firm believers that sport and politics should not mix. but the key line here is, however, by no fault of its own, the war has now come to the games and behind the scenes many governments are having an influence on our cherished event. mike will bring us up to date with the implications but a major decision about keeping those athletes who would have been competing on march the 4
of a saudi arabia led consortium that took control at st james s park in october, says she doesn t think it s particularly fair that abramovich has to sell the club following russia s invasion of ukraine. this world is never going to not have problems, and i know it s really hard, and i m really sad today that someone is going to have a football club taken away because of a relationship they may have with someone. i don t think that s particularly fair, actually, to be honest. but i also think that we have to hold all of our relationships to account. ukraine have requested a postponement of their world cup play off match against scotland. the two nations were due to meet on the 24th of march. fifa has said they ll work to find an appropriate solution. the russian football union has said it will appeal against their ban on international competitions. russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from all competitions on monday by fifa and uefa.
achievement against the odds. but this year, they starred in the event in ukraine. ukraine have asked for a postponement of their world cup play off match against scotland, later this month. the two nations were due to meet on the 24th of march. but over half of the natonal team are based in ukraine. fifa says its working to find an appropriate solution. meanwhile, the russian football union says it will appeal against its ban from international competitions. the national team was due to face poland in the world cup play offs, but on monday, fifa and uefa suspended all russian clubs and teams from competing. so russia is now taking the matter to the court of arbitration for sport to lodge the appeal. the decision by chelsea s russian owner, roman abramovich, to sell the club has been welcomed by the premier league chief executive richard masters and he s said a deal could be completed quickly. but the newcastle co owner amanda staveley says she feels it s unfair that abramovich feels i