PARIS: As the invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign players and coaches are fleeing Russian football, handball and basketball clubs.
The most high-profile departures are in football.
Daniel Farke has left Krasnodar without coaching a game.
The German, who was appointed in January, took his assistants Edmund Riemer, Chris Domogalla and Christopher John with him.
The former Norwich manager told German media: “we have now, with a heavy heart,” asked Krasnodar “to terminate our contracts.”
“The current political development and the pleas from our children, wives, families and friends to come home, as well as the disappearance of all sporting prospects, led to this well-considered decision,” said Farke.
“The gravity of life has now…
