New Islamic ice hockey physique led by Russian businessman _identified for sanction_
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New physique set as much as promote ice hockey in Islamic international locations to be led by Russian businessman “recognized for sanction”
A gaggle of 13 international locations have develop into founding members of the Affiliation for the Growth of Ice Hockey of Islamic International locations, which is to be headed up by Russian businessman Nail Maganov – a person the Ukrainian Authorities has “recognized for sanction”.
Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan are the 13 international locations who’ve joined the Affiliation.
They’re joined by the Republic of Tatarstan inside Russia, which has Kazan as its capital and Islam as a serious religion.
Kazan is about to be the headquarters of the Affiliation for the Growth of Ice Hockey of Islamic International locations, and the settlement on its formation was signed on the Volga Area State College of Bodily Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism.
Maganov was elected as its President.
He’s the chief government of oil and gasoline firm Tatneft, and has an curiosity in ice hockey as President of Kontinental Hockey League membership Ak Bars Kazan and the Tatarstan Ice Hockey Federation.
Maganov is listed on the Ukrainian Authorities web site as a person “awaiting sanctions”, with the Kyiv administration calling on “world Governments to sanction this particular person for his or her assist of Russia’s battle in opposition to Ukraine”.
Nail Maganov is the President of Kontinental Hockey League membership Ak Bars ©Getty Photos
His brother Ravil Maganov was the chairman of Moscow-based Lukoil and a critic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ravil Maganov died in September after falling out of a hospital window the place he had been being handled for a coronary heart situation, with Lukoil attributing his dying to “a extreme sickness”.
The Affiliation for the Growth of Ice Hockey of Islamic International locations has been created with the intention of selling cooperation within the improvement of ice hockey between its members, organising joint sports activities tournaments and exchanging experiences.
It’s geared toward states the place the main faith is Islam, and hopes to popularise ice hockey in Asia, the Center East and Africa.
Groups of the member international locations took half in a match in Kazan.
Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic President Anvar Omorkanov was elected as vice-president of the Affiliation for Asia, and believes it’ll serve to develop the game amongst its members.
“In the present day, an settlement was signed on the formation of the Islamic International locations Hockey Growth Affiliation,” Omorkanov mentioned, as reported by Russian state-owned information company TASS.
“Its aim is the event of hockey in Islamic international locations.
“You all know that in these international locations, hockey is on the preliminary stage of improvement and has been at the least 10 years previous.
“We now have so much to study from the membership Ak Bars and groups from Tatarstan, the place there’s a nice historical past of the event of hockey.
“We not too long ago went to the Ak Bars base and have been merely amazed at what stage the athletes are getting ready.
“And for Islamic international locations this might be a fantastic expertise for the event of hockey.”
Algeria indicators settlement on the institution of the Affiliation for Growth of Hockey in Islamic International locations.
Delegates from 13 international locations agreed on cooperation and collaboration within the improvement of hockey.@MJSAlgerie pic.twitter.com/yHO2BvfyFw — Hockey Algeria (@Hockey_Algeria) January 18, 2023
Omorkanov hopes that ice hockey might be added to the Islamic Solidarity Video games programme, and believes extra international locations might be added to the Affiliation sooner or later.
UAE Winter Sports activities Federation vice-president Hamel al-Qubeisi has been elected because the Affiliation’s vice-president for the Center East area.
The Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has mentioned it is not going to recognise the Affiliation.
“The Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation has taken notice of media experiences in regards to the founding of the Affiliation for the Growth of Hockey of Islamic International locations in Kazan, Russia,” it advised insidethegames.
“At present the IIHF Statutes solely present a membership chance to ice hockey associations which are the governing physique of ice of their respective sovereign state.
“The IIHF Statutes neither present for membership, nor have a process for recognition, of a federation that’s made up of IIHF member or non-member ice hockey associations/federations.
“As such, presently, the IIHF is not going to acknowledge the Affiliation for the Growth of Hockey of Islamic International locations.”
Russia and Belarus are unable to take part in IIHF occasions as a result of battle in Ukraine, and this 12 months’s Males’s World Championship was moved from Saint Petersburg to Tampere and Riga.
