Friday, November 11, 2016

Alarms bells ring in Russia with 2018 World Cup looming (Reuters)

A lighting installation showing a cat, a tiger and a wolf - candidates for the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is seen during a presentation on the facade of Moscow State University, part of the Circle of Light International Festival in Moscow, Russia September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alarm bells are ringing loudly in Russia 18 months before the country hosts the World Cup after their team crashed to a morale-shattering loss to a Qatar side ranked 91st in the world. Russia endured a dismal European Championship this year in France where violent rampages by their fans and the team's inept performances on the pitch made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Just when Russian fans thought things could not get any worse, they have – with humbling defeats by Costa Rica and Qatar, the country that will host the 2022 World Cup.


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