Ice hockey World Championship: Russia loses hosting right
Next year’s ice hockey world championship will be moved away from St Petersburg in Russia, the International
Ice Hockey Federation has said due to concerns about the well-being of players and officials after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The tournament was scheduled to take place in St Petersburg from May 5-21. The federation said it will name an alternate host during the 2022 world championship, which will take place in Finland.
“An alternative host for the World Championship will be confirmed during the 2022 IIHF Annual Congress in Tampere, Finland, which will take place during the final week of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship,” the statement added.
In Kyiv, authorities on Tuesday began demolishing a monument symbolising historic ties between ex-Soviet Ukraine and Russia, more than two months after Moscow’s troops invaded Ukraine.
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“The dismantling has started we are removing the bronze sculpture of two workers installed in the centre of the capital in 1982 ‘to commemorate the reunification of Ukraine with Russia’,” Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on social media.
This year’s edition in Finland will be held from May 13-29 with Austria and France replacing Russia and Belarus.