FILE - Russia's team players celebrate as they won the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Sweden and Russia in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 17, 2020. The International Ice Hockey Federation has rejected appeals by Russia and its ally Belarus against bans from the world championship following the invasion of Ukraine. The IIHF disciplinary board ruled the decision “was not a sanction but was a safety policy” and also “the safety policy was not discriminatory and was proportionate.” (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)