(Reuters) - Bosnia and Herzegovina will play Russia in a friendly match in November, the Bosnia Football Association announced on its official website on Friday, sparking criticism from Bosnia midfielder Miralem Pjanic and the mayor of Sarajevo. Russia's national teams were barred from international competition over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special operation". "In the national Football Association, they know what I think." "Unless the decision is reversed, we will cease cooperation with the Football Association, which so far has been fruitful." Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic all said they would not play their World Cup qualifiers against Russia back in March before Russia's national teams were banned from international competition.

Source: Egypt Today September 10, 2022 11:28 UTC