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

The organization displayed a map during a qualifying draw that showed Ukraine without including Crimea as part of the country ...

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.

He added a "fixed" version of the map to his post, highlighting Crimea as part of Ukraine's territory. Among the countries that cannot play each other are Ukraine and Belarus, Spain and Gibraltar ...

FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory ... body showed a map of countries that cannot be drawn ...