 GENEVA (AP) — Rules for calling off European soccer games during the pandemic were challenged by Ukraine in an appeal hearing Tuesday at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Ukrainian soccer federation appealed against being ordered by UEFA to forfeit a Nations League game in Switzerland in November after some players tested positive for COVID-19.
That ruling relegated Ukraine into the second tier of the Nations League instead of the Swiss.
It was among 12 games not played of 1,028 organized by UEFA last year when international competitions resumed in August after the lockdown.
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