Russian minister backs UEFA case against Russian soccer body (Reuters)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's sports minister thinks European soccer body UEFA did the right thing by starting a disciplinary case against the Russian Football Union (RFU) for crowd disturbances after the Russia-England match, R-Sport reported on Sunday. "It's the right thing, there were flares, there was a flare gun, there had been clashes in the stands, it's necessary to sort all of this out," R-Sport news agency cited the minister, Vitaly Mutko, as saying. "We will prepare properly, we will present our position... ...