06 May 09 Vladimir Putin Asks Sports Minister To Bid For 2018 World Cup

Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister, told Vitaly Mutko, the country’s Sports Minister to prepare bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Russia is ready to spend $10 billion on the international soccer extravaganza. The 2018 World Cup is likely to award to an European nation as the 2010 World Cup has gone to South Africa and the 2014 World Cup is held by Brazil.

Russia, Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands, England, Indonesia, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Mexico and the United States have submitted bids to host both the 2018 and the 2022 World Cup tournaments. Meanwhile, South Korea and Qatar just bid for the 2022 football competition.

Russia’s main adversary for the successful bid is likely to be England and we wish Russia all the best.

Via: RIA Novosti

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