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Scotland vs Ukraine World Cup playoff OFFICIALLY postponed as SFA show 'solidarity with our friends'

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Scotland’s World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine at Hampden has been postponed. Steve Clarke’s men were due to meet Ukraine in Glasgow on March 24 for the right to play the winners of the tie between Wales and Austria.

It comes after Ukraine requested a delay with the country at war with neighbours Russia following their invasion. FIFA have confirmed the intenton is now for the match to be played in June, as revealed by Record Sport last week, while Wales vs Austria will go ahead later this month as planned.

The SFA also announced plans to hold a replacement fixture on March 24 and a friendly away to the loser of the other semi-final on March 29.A statement from Hampden said: "The Scottish FA notes the decision of the FIFA Organising Committee to postpone the FIFA World Cup Play-Off semi-final against Ukraine, originally scheduled to take place on 24 March, until June."Given the current situation in Ukraine we support the decision to uphold the request to postpone the match and reiterate our message of solidarity to our friends and colleagues within the Ukrainian Association of Football.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram."We now await confirmation from UEFA on the amended fixture schedule, including any displaced UEFA Nations League

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