Russia has been stripped from hosting 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship
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The 2023 ice hockey world championship will be moved from Russia following its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on Tuesday.
“Out of concern for the safety and well-being of all participating players, officials, media, and fans, the IIHF Council has decided to withdraw the hosting rights… from Russia,” it said in a statement.
The federation had already stripped Russia of next year’s junior world championship for the same reason.
“Of course, this decision is not fair, even if there was hope the IIHF management would be more mature and start thinking in the interests of the sport,” Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Valeri Kamensky, a Russian ice hockey committee member, as saying.
“It’s really a shame that the new president of the organisation, Luc Tardif, starts by killing hockey.
“We have no right to surrender and we have no plans to do…
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