Champions League final moved from St Petersburg to Paris after Russia invades Ukraine

St Petersburg stripped of the May showpiece by UEFA executive committee

The Champions League final will be played as initially scheduled on May 28, at 9pm, in Stade de France in Paris. Picture: Boris Horvat/AFP via Getty Images

Paris will host this season’s Champions League final after the Russian invasion of Ukraine led to St Petersburg being stripped of its right to stage the match.

The UEFA executive committee held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss its response to the crisis and has opted to remove the showpiece match from the 68,000-capacity Gazprom Arena in Russia’s second-largest city.