FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA 2018 BEBENIN PAVEL BYCHKOVA

FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA 2018 BEBENIN PAVEL BYCHKOVA EMILIYA

Preliminary Draw The eyes of the footballing world were on St. Petersburg on Saturday 25 July when the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Preliminary Draw, the first major Kick. Off Event ahead of the tournament itself, took place.

Quiz: What do you know about Russia’s World Cup 2018 host cities? FIFA and the Russia 2018 organizing committee have agreed the names of the stadiums that will be hosting World Cup matches, soccer’s international governing body reported on its official website on Oct. 8. Most of the stadiums bear the names of the cities where they are located. A major event like a football world championship offers a chance to places hitherto not widely known internationally to put themselves on the map and to showcase everything they have to offer. It may well be that by naming the stadiums the same as the cities where they are located Russia is trying to introduce the world to its regional and provincial centers.

Russia's 2018 World Cup director denies knowledge of prearranged decision General Director of the Russia 2018 Organizational Committee Alexei Sorokin has denied statements by FIFA President Joseph "Sepp" Blatter suggesting that Russia could have guaranteed itself the right to hold the 2018 soccer World Cup even before the vote, which took place in 2010. "If there were people who made the decision before December 2, fine. But we didn't know about it. We weren't aware of the executive committee's decision. I can swear on the Bible that we didn’t know, " the World Football Insider cites Sorokin as saying.

A 2018 World Cup surprise – driverless Russian trucks Russia plans to unveil its version of self-driving trucks when it hosts the FIFA World Cup in summer 2018. This surprising announcement was made by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich on October 4 at the STS Forum in Kyoto, Japan. What exactly the vehicles will do as part of the World Cup are yet to be specified.

World Cup 2018: sporting bonanza or own goal? It could be a marketing exec’s dream: hundreds of thousands of visiting football fans, a TV audience of billions, all focused on enjoying themselves against a Russian backdrop. But will that dream come true? Two cities, Kazan and Kaliningrad, sum up the differences in opinion about whether 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will be a triumph or a disappointment.

Could Russia be deprived of 2018 World Cup over latest FIFA scandal? Questions are once more swirling about the future of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after the president of soccer’s international governing body Joseph “Sepp” Blatter and head of the European football organization UEFA Michel Platini were banned from football for 90 days on Oct. 8.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup main stadium

Football on Red Square: Russia celebrates 1, 000 days to World Cup A countdown clock to the start of the World Cup 2018 was officially launched in the center of Moscow on September 18. Igor Akinfeev and Alexander Kerzhakov, players from Russia’s national team, attended the ceremony. The date was not random – exactly 1, 000 days remain to the beginning of the World Cup.

Football stars Matthaus, Zambrotta to attend ceremony marking 1000 days before 2018 World Cup German football legend Lothar Matthaus will take part in a ceremony marking 1000 days to go before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Gianluca Zambrotta, a prominent Italian football player who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team, has also confirmed his intention to take part in the events, the Russia 2018 organizing committee press service reported on Tuesday. Matthaus and Zambrotta will be honorary guests of an international football tournament for players under 16 to start on Red Square in Moscow on September 18.

Russia’s new stadiums and their Asian cousins The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup have led to a boom in stadium constructions in Russia. RBTH looks at some of these new Russian stadiums and tries to find their closest counterparts in Asia.

1. New Zenit Stadium and Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center New Zenit Stadium (or Gazprom Arena) in St. Petersburg will be opened in 2016. It will be a venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the home arena of FC Zenit St. Petersburg. It has a capacity of 70, 000 and the construction cost (at the current currency exchange rate) is $590 million.

2. Fisht and Beijing National Stadium Fisht was built for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi. It has a capacity of 45, 000 and the construction cost (at the 2013 currency exchange rate) was $697 million. The Beijing National Stadium was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Its capacity is 80, 000 and construction cost was $423 million.

3. Kazan Arena and Taipei Municipal Stadium The Kazan Arena was opened in 2013 and is the home stadium of FC Rubin. The arena hosted the 2013 Summer Universiade football competition and the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. It will also be a venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Its capacity is 45, 105 and construction cost (at the 2013 currency exchange rate) was $454. 5 million. The Taipei Municipal Stadium was reconstructed for the 2009 Summer Deaflympics. Its capacity is 20, 000 and reconstruction cost was $423 million.

4. Otkritie Arena and Incheon Stadium The Otkritie Arena was opened in Moscow in 2014 as a home stadium of FC Spartak Moscow. It will be a venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It has a capacity of 45, 000 and its construction cost (at the 2013 currency exchange rate) was $439 million. The Incheon Stadium opened in 2014 was the main venue of the 2014 Asian Games. Its capacity is 30, 000 and construction cost was $429 million.

5. Luzhniki and Bukit Jalil Luzhniki is now under reconstruction for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Its capacity will be 81, 000 and reconstruction cost (at the current currency exchange rate) is $295 million The Bukit Jalil National Stadium was built in Kuala Lumpur for the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Its capacity is 87, 411 and construction cost was $218 million.

6. Pyongyang The Rungrado 1 st of May Stadium was opened in Pyongyang in 1989. It is the largest stadium in the world with a capacity of 150, 000. The stadium is used for football matches and for traditional Arirang performances.

7. Singapore The Singapore National Stadium was opened in 2014 as a multi-purpose arena to host football, rugby, cricket and athletics. It is the most expensive stadium in Asia, with a constriction cost of $1. 3 billion. It has a capacity of 55, 000.

Putin believes Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that FIFA head Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize for his work. "I think that people like Blatter, the outstanding heads of international athletic federations and Olympic committees like him, deserve special recognition and gratitude, " Putin said in an interview with Switzerland's RTS television and radio station.

World Cup 2018 prize in St. Petersburg FIFA World Cup 2018 prize was presented on July 18 th in St. Petersburg. Source: RIA Novosti / Anatoly Medved

Russia launches English-language information portal for fans in advance 2018 FIFA World Cup An information and tourist Internet portal 'Welcome 2018. com' launched by Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will help spectators to be up to date to all developing events of the global football tournament and will show them all tourist attractions of Russia, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on July 16.

Stadium building lags behind as Russia cuts spending on 2018 World Cup The recent corruption scandal surrounding soccer’s global governing body FIFA has spawned a new batch of rumors about the future of the next World Cup, to be held in Russia in June and July 2018. However, despite political tensions and economic crisis, Russia is continuing to prepare for the tournament, which will start less than in three years’ time. Yet preparations for 2018 have fallen dangerously behind schedule, with construction work on arenas in a number of cities still in its early stages, with the project in Kaliningrad yet to get off the ground and construction of St. Petersburg’s new stadium entering its 10 th year.

Alien and cat compete to be 2018 World Cup mascot A total of 51, 000 fans took part in an online poll on the website of FIFA held from May 1 -31, the organization's website reported. The most popular characters are an Amur tiger, a medieval Russian warrior, a wolf, a Far Eastern leopard, a firebird, an alien, an astronaut, a cat, a bear and a robot. Design students at Russian art institutes are encouraged to offer their mascot designs for the competition, to be held between September and November 2015. A jury will determine three best works, with one of them to be chosen as the official mascot.

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