Schalke have confirmed they have agreed to end the long-running partnership German football club Schalke 04 have confirmed they have agreed to terminate their partnership with Russian state-owned energy corporation Gazprom. The 2. Bundesliga side announced last week that they would be removing all Gazprom branding from their shirts in response to Russia’s widely condemned […]

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Gazprom has been one of Uefa’s most lucrative partners since 2012 Uefa is holding talks with its lawyers about ending its deal with major Russian sponsors Gazprom, as reported by inews. Gazprom, a majority state-owned energy company, has been one of Uefa’s most lucrative partners since 2012, with the Russian giant singing a three-year extension […]

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Yaroslav Rakitskiy was named on the substitutes bench Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg dropped their Ukrainian defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy for their Europa League game against Real Betis on Thursday night after he spoke out against the ongoing Russian invasion. In the early hours of Thursday morning, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine […]

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Schalke have confirmed they will not feature the Gazprom sponsorship on their official shirts German side Schalke 04 have confirmed that they will remove the Russian-state owned sponsorship Gazprom from their match shirts with immediate effect. The decision has been made in relation to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine which saw Russian president […]

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