The order was issued on 15 July – the day after England’s dramatic Cricket World Cup last win over New Zealand. Among the sports formally recognized in Russia are petanque, draughts, and mini-golfing. Exclusion from the legit list does not include quantity to a ban; however, it does suggest cricket will now not be eligible for help from the sports ministry. Alexander Sorokin, a Moscow Cricket Sports Federation member, said the refusal was down to errors in its utility for inclusion at the ministry’s register.
He instructed the TASS news business enterprise the federation might apply again for official recognition a subsequent year, adding that he became confident of success. Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, became the opposite recreation no longer regarded via the ministry in its 15 July order.
Social media users have reacted with disdain at the news.
Billion people regularly watch cricket – the most famous sport in India and Pakistan, and different elements of the former British Empire. Therefore, they’re terrified of this Anglo-Saxon recreation in Russia,” joked popular Twitter account Yekhidniye Tvity (Sarcastic Tweets). The sports activities ministry has refused to realize cricket and Thai boxing (Muay Thai) as respectable sports in Russia. Meanwhile, there is a cricket federation or even a countrywide group in Russia,” tweeted the RBC business each day.
