the sports governing body taking a stand against one of its biggest advocates in response to the russian invasion of ukraine. putin is a black belt in judo and co-authored the book of "judo," history, theory and practice." we've seen putin play ice hockey, ride horses, sometimes shirtless and judo is what he cares most about. this must sting. meanwhile, fifa stopped short of stripping russia from world cup qualifying yesterday. instead they decided the squad can play using the rfu acronym of its russian football union, the unanimous union by the fifa council also said that the russian flag and anthem can not be associated with the team and that it can only play on neutral territory and without spectators, but the move does not go far november for poland, sweden and the czech republic. all three have announced their intent to refuse any soccer matches against russia during