(REUTERS) – A Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) ethics panel desires to strip ex-national captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk of his teaching licence and state awards as a result of his silence on Russia’s invasion and his continued work with Russia’s Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Tymoshchuk, 42, is Ukraine’s most-capped participant having made 144 appearances between 2000-2016. He gained league titles with Shakhtar Donetsk and Zenit and in addition gained the treble with Bayern Munich in 2013.
He is at present an assistant coach with Zenit. Neither he nor the membership instantly responded to Reuters’ requests for remark.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to sanctions throughout world sport. Several Ukrainian athletes have decried the struggle and in addition voiced their assist for his or her armed forces.
“Since the beginning of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, Tymoshchuk… not only did not make any public statements in this regard, but also did not stop his cooperation with the club of the aggressor,” the UAF ethics and honest play committee stated in a press release.
“At a time when another former club, Bayern Munich, publishes statements and holds actions in support of Ukraine, Tymoshchuk continues to remain silent.”
It proposed to the UAF that he be stripped of his teaching licence. It additionally desires to strip Tymoshchuk of his league and cup medals in Ukraine and exclude him from the official register of nationwide workforce gamers.
Follow The Straits Times’ stay protection on the Ukraine disaster right here.
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