How the Sports World Is Responding to Russia’s Ukraine Invasion

Clutching blue and yellow banners, wearing shirts calling for peace, and offering unwavering messages of support, sports stars around the globe have united in their condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

As a raft of sporting events involving Russia began canceling en mass, soccer’s European governing body, UEFA, announced Friday that its Champions League final would no longer be held in St. Petersburg. “UEFA … strongly condemns the ongoing Russian military invasion in Ukraine,” UEFA said in a statement as president Aleks…