Tag: Russia 2018

• Saturday, July 14th 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  FIFA picks Argentine Pitana for World Cup decider

  

  FIFA has picked Argentina's Nestor Pitana to referee Sunday's World Cup final between France and Croatia at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

• Saturday, June 30th 2018 - 15:39 UTC

  Maradona: “I'm more alive than ever”; offers a reward on the origin of fake news about his death

  

  Argentina's former football star Diego Maradona has issued a bounty worth 300,000 pesos (US$10,800 / £8,300) to find the journalist responsible for reporting fake news regarding his death, according to Infobae.

• Saturday, June 30th 2018 - 15:22 UTC

  Over 700.000 foreign football fans have visited Russia for the World Cup

  

  Over 700.00 foreign football fans have visited Russia for the World Cup, according to Russian and FIFA officials. World Cup 2018 CEO Alexey Sorokin and FIFA’s chief competitions and events officer Colin Smith, at an event in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, reported on operational aspects of the World Cup so far.

• Saturday, June 30th 2018 - 15:12 UTC

  FIFA confirms success of the Video Assistant Referee system

  

  FIFA says stats from 48 games point to success of the Video Assistant Referee system debuting at the World Cup. At a briefing in Moscow on Friday, FIFA Referees' Committee chairman Pierluigi Collina underscored the importance of VAR in guiding refereeing decisions at the Russia World Cup; it’s the first time the technology has been used at the quadrennial tournament.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Sampaoli takes the blame for the crushing defeat to superb Croatia

  

  Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has promised the team will give everything they have to try and qualify for the World Cup's round of 16 after their hopes of progression suffered the hammer blow of a 3-0 loss to Croatia.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  “Beware of little David”, Lula da Silva tells Brazil' team ahead of the match with Costa Rica

  

  Ex president Lula da Silva is serving a 12-year sentence for corruption in Curitiba, but as all Brazilians loves football, the national sport, and has been contracted as a commentator for the World's Cup in Russia.

• Sunday, March 18th 2018 - 10:13 UTC

  Another four years for Putin, and with a landslide

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Vladmir Putin is going to win another six years in power by a landslide in the Russian election on March 18 — probably between 60 and 70 per cent of the popular vote. The real question is what happens after that, because he will be 72 by the end of his next term and will not legally be allowed to run for president again.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 16:54 UTC

  FIFA's Infantino visits Putin to discuss World Cup preparations

  

  With four months to go before the football World Cup, both Russia and FIFA want toavoid any surprises. Hence the meeting on Feb.12 between Russian President VladimirPutin and FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the Kremlin to discuss World Cuppreparations.