Crimean football clubs to join Russian league
Ukraine disputes move of SKChF, Zhemchuzhina and TSK into second division of Russia’s Professional Football LeagueThree football clubs based in Crimea will play the 2014-15 season in Russia’s football league in the wake of its annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine in March.The Russian Football Union has accepted the football clubs SKChF from Sevastopol, Zhemchuzhina (also known as “Pearl”) from Yalta, and TSK from Simferopol to play in the second division of the Professional Football League and compete for the Russian Cup, the union said in a statement on its website on Thursday. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
