Russia has been awarded the 2018 FIFA Football World Cup and the message from leading figures such as Dick Advocaat and Sergei Fursenko was that the hard work starts now.
The Russian World Cup will feature 14 host cities in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhni Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Saransk, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Ekaterinburg, Podolsk, Yaroslavl and Sochi.
There will be a total of 16 stadiums – with plans to build 13 of the arenas from scratch and upgrade the other three. The varied climtate, size of Russia country and long distances between the cities could make transport a key area for the tournament organisers. There are planned improvements to the rail and air networks, though with government guarantees.
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