Premier League: Everton Alisher Usmanov – English Premier League club Everton said on Wednesday they were suspending with “immediate effect” sponsorship agreements with three companies in which Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has a stake following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After various clubs performed such moves as Manchester United suspended Aeroflot, Schalke removed Gazprom from their shirt to give a bigger message to the country of Russia in order to stop the ongoing war with Ukraine. Follow InsideSport.In for the latest news.
Premier League: Everton suspend sponsorship agreements with Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov and USM Holdings, MegaFon, and Yota.
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“Everyone at Everton remains shocked and saddened by the appalling events unfolding in Ukraine,” said a club statement. “The club can confirm that it has suspended with immediate effect all commercial sponsorship arrangements with the Russian companies USM, Megafon and Yota.” Usmanov, an associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has a major stake in the three companies.
A group of leading Ukrainian footballers, led by English Premier League stars Oleksandr Zinchenko and Andriy Yarmolenko, have called on the sport to “resist” the Russian invasion of their country in a video published Tuesday on social media.
“We appeal to the football community, to everyone who is united by love for the game of football…everyone who hears us to resist this war, stop the destruction and bloodshed,” say 13 Ukrainian internationals in a joint message in the video which lasts almost two minutes.
Premier League: Everton suspend sponsorship agreements
Russia-Ukraine War: Ukrainian players led by Zinchenko and Yarmolenko asks the football community to resist Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
“We ask all (the) world football community to oppose Russian propaganda, to show and tell the truth about war in Ukraine by all possible resources. “No to war!”
As well as Manchester City midfielder Zinchenko and West Ham United winger Yarmolenko, the video features nine players from the country’s two leading clubs, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Russia-Ukraine War: Ukrainian players led by Zinchenko and Yarmolenko asks the football community to resist Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Italy-based Ruslan Malinovskyi of Atalanta and Viktor Kovalenko of Spezia also appear. The Ukrainian Football Association said an appeal by players had led to 500,000 euros ($556,649) being donated to the country’s army.
While Russia have been suspended from all international football by FIFA and UEFA “until further notice” because of the invasion, Ukraine are still hoping to qualify for the World Cup. They will play Scotland in Glasgow on March 24 in a qualifying play-off semi-final. If they win they will advance to a final against Wales or Austria for a place in Qatar.
Premier League: Everton suspend sponsorship agreements with Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov due to Russia’s invasion on Ukraine
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