
UEFA, FIFA 'monitoring the situation' in light of escalating Russia-Ukraine crisis
CNN
UEFA and FIFA say they are "monitoring the situation" as the escalating Russia-Ukraine crisis threatens to impact key European and international football matches due to take place in both countries.
It comes after Western nations announced a tranche of sanctions against Moscow in a bid to deter further aggression after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops into separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine in what the Kremlin called a "peacekeeping" mission.
St. Petersburg is poised to stage the UEFA Champions League Final -- the biggest match in men's European club football -- on Saturday, May 28.

The White House is making clear it views President Donald Trump’s Friday Oval Office showdown with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as an overwhelming win underscoring Trump’s “America First” leadership, dispatching top officials and allies on the airwaves to amplify Trump’s handling of the situation even as European leaders are putting on a key show of force of unity for Ukraine and its leader.