Decision to print flag on Kirill Gotovtsev’s shirt stands in contrast to widespread rejection of Russia from global sport ...

Gloucester Rugby’s Russian player Kirill Gotovtsev has been banned from wearing the Russian flag on his uniform, according to the English club's official statement released on Jan. 8 in response to ...

Gloucester Rugby Club has instructed Russian player Kirill Gotovtsev to remove a Russian flag from his jersey after facing backlash on social media. The decision comes in line with sanctions against ...

Gloucester apologises for the use of a Russian flag on prop Kirill Gotovtsev's club shirt and says it will no longer be featured.

Gloucester will remove the Russia flag from the back of Kirill Gotovtsev’s shirt for all matches moving forward and have issued an apology “for any offence this may have caused”. The ...

Alongside World Rugby's ban on Russian representation, Gloucester Rugby's belated move also brings the club into line with tennis: since 2023, Wimbledon has insisted that Russian and Belarusian tennis ...

Gloucester have been criticised by their own fans for printing the Russian flag on the back of Kirill Gotovtsev’s shirt in contravention of the country’s widespread ostracism from ...

Gloucester have apologised for the use of a Russian flag on prop Kirill Gotovtsev's club shirt and said it will no longer be featured going forward. Since 2015, the club has included national ...