Euro 2012: Russia punished by UEFA sanctions

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Russia were set to be hit by more UEFA sanctions after learning they would spend the next three-and-a-half years facing a six-point deduction for their 2016 European Championship qualifying campaign.

European football's governing body got tough with the country's fans yesterday over the scenes that have marred Euro 2012 and it is set to get worse for the Football Union of Russia (RFS).

And there could be further action to come, with an investigation ongoing into allegations Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie was subjected to monkey chanting in Friday's match.

An "illicit banner" at Tuesday night's game also landed the RFS in hot water, with fans inside the National Stadium in Warsaw displaying a giant 'This is Russia' flag, something that could be deemed to relate to the decades of Moscow control over Poland during the Cold War.