(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Russian Football Union will orient itself towards the
decision made by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the
Russian Ministry of Sport regarding potential participation in the
Asian Games, the Union press office told TASS Thursday, trend reports citing
tass .
On Thursday, it became known that the Olympic Council of Asia
offered Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Asian
Games, under conditions set by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC). One day earlier, the IOC offered to authorize Russian and
Belarusian athletes that do not actively support the special
military operation in Ukraine to compete in international
championships as neutral athletes and under a number of
conditions.
'Should any decisions on the initiative of the Olympic Council
of Asia follow from the ROC and the Ministry of Sport, then we will
discuss them,' the Football Union said.
The summer Asian Games will take place in China's Hangzhou
between September 23 and October 8. The competition program
includes 40 different sports.
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