Politics once more took precedence over sportsmanship when Russia’s champion Red Army basketball team announced Thursday that it would not participate in next year’s European basketball championship tournaments because it would have had to play against Israel’s top team. The Russians notified the International Basketball Federation of their decision. The FIBA had matched the Soviet and Israeli teams by lottery held in Vienna earlier this month. Two games had been scheduled, one in Moscow and the other in Tel Aviv.
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