Crimea has been under Russian occupation since 2014 and just a handful of countries recognise the peninsula as Russian ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long vowed to end Russia's occupation of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

FIFA has sparked anger after the soccer organization showed a map during a qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that showed ...

World football's governing body has removed the image omitting Crimea from Ukrainian territory, which Kyiv called an ...

FIFA has responded to the letter from the UAF regarding the display of a map of Ukraine without the Crimean peninsula during ...

Ukraine has criticized FIFA for an "unacceptable error" after a map displayed during the 2026 World Cup draw appeared to ...

Fifa has apologised to the Ukrainian Association of Football for displaying a map of the country during its World Cup ...

FIFA has apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that ...

FIFA has issued a brief and general comment regarding the map displayed during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw ...

The World Cup qualifying draw map excluded Crimea from Ukraine, and later changed the graphics to include it. Photo: ...

The Ukrainian Football Association wrote a letter to FIFA expressing its concerns and questioning the "redrawn" map.

FIFA has apologised to the Ukrainian Association of Football for excluding Crimea as part of Ukraine during the qualifying ...